Jim,

Out of interest, what are the better ways as regards data storage with
VFP if one wants to publish one's database applications on the Internet ?

Michel.
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>>It *is* a "good thing" provided that it is not the ONLY thing that they work on. It is constantly repeated here that the VFP Team is very small and definitely 'resource constrained' and apparently under pressure all the time from other MS camps. So it looks very much like mid-tier would be the main and only objective for the VFP Team for the future.
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>Jim,
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>This is your take on things. I have heard nothing from MS that indicates that focus on middle tier will cause any reduction in the evolution of VFP as a complete application development environment. The focus is related to the direction that software development is headed in the future. It indicates the desire on the fox team to make VFP a real player in the VS package.
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>As for using the dbf's directly, well that will always be possible, but I think you will see the desire for this approach diminishing in the future as mom and pop businesses want to create an internet presense. When they want to start getting orders over the net they will want their data visible over the net and dbf's aren't a very good way to provide this for a number of reasons.