>regarding multi-threading in vfp, see VFPx Christian Ehlscheid's CreateThreadObject in VFP2C32.fll at CodePlex which is a seamless integration of WIN32 CreateThread in VFP in a vfp FLL..- as easy as it gets.

Not arguing the fact per se - except for grouping that more into the "OS/vendor category" instead of a "pure vfp" plus type of fact. Or perhaps into "available helper libs"...

>All those years in Microsoft's camp give VFP a HUGE advantage over PHP on Windows,

Full ACK, but as web back end Linux is not as hopeless as on the desktop.

>even for web apps. The only thing VFP can't do better than PHP on Windows is the number of free and useful web apps.

Nope. Acceptance of hosters is one thing, libraries/fwks/articles centered on web dev are even more important IMHO.
That said, when some hosters exchanged MySql to SQLite in previous LAMP (licensing switch of MySQL) a vfp based
alternative for accessing data behind firewalled doors was one option MS in its infinite marketing strategy (see mobile...)
choose not to pursue.

regards

thomas