>>Hi John ---
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>>I believe that the last time there was a Fox to dBASE comparison ad was back when FP 2.6 was released....1993(?).
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>That is what I thought....
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>>On a related note, how familiar are you with Access2000? I have a bad feeling about VFP's role in the future if the MS hype engine gets really going with Access2000 as a single-tier or two-tier solution (the SQL Server enhancements to Access2000 worry me).
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>Well... Access has come a long way. From the demos I have seen, Access2000 looks pretty slick. IMHO, Access has always had a superior query/report writing tool to VFP's. Still, I don't see Jet out-performing VFP. I don't think Access2000 will have much of an impact on VFP.

I disagree. Using Access2000 and SQL Server 7.0 backend is going to be very popular and be a competitor to VFP. MS wants SQL Server everywhere and has had free seminars on moving Access/Jet to Access2000/SS7.
DLC