64-bit VFP woulda ended up being slower anyhows, at least in code. VFP(32-bit =fast) + MS-SQL(64-bit=large data) = ideal

>>>I never heard MS say "it's impossible to make local engine with with 64-bit OS"
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>The EOL statement did reference 64-bit involving an almost complete rewrite.
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>Not that it matters: YAG and those others waged an effective internal campaign against a decision we now know had been made years earlier. Those dudes deserve to be bought a beer whenever an old foxer meets one of them. ;-)