Then PHP will not run on it either - MS will never kill 32 bit programs IMO (not in our lifetime anyway)
>Until windows no longer will run 32 bit programs.

No, VFP can spawn a thread to do background processing from a web thread. This is a good example and test of being really multi-threaded.

>2.) can take advantage of multi-core processors

>VFP is not multi-threaded. The multi-threading comes from the browser launching a thread of VFP as needed. PHP works the same way.

MS will always accommodate PHP on Windows because it is too, too popular.

>1.) perform better because: it has an ISAPI module (much better than fastCGI)

>Except PHP was designed to run on Lynix and apachee so that comparison does not wash.