>Hiya John, Robert:
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>I think I would talk them out of using Access (Jet) as the database regardles of the front-end. Jet is going the way of the dinosaur, I believe that Access2000 will be the last version to suport Jet. Meanwhile, desktop and embedded versions of SQL Server 7.0 are coming out; this is a far better strategic back-end.
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No...Jet will be around. The rumors of Jet's death are as false as the rumors of VFP's death. However, Jet still isn't very good.