>>>>I agree with Craig that the only reason MSDE exists to try to move as many >>people to SQL Server 7.
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>>I have been told that the MSDE can support at most, 10-12 simultaneous connections. That said, I think the VFP engine is a bit more robust. There are many reasons to move to SQL-Server. There are many reasons not to move to SQL-Server. MSDE provides a path for those who will migrate apps to SQL-Server. However, for those that don't need the full version of SQL, MSDE provides some valuable SQL services in a more compact form.
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>>SQL has it's role and VFP has it's role....
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>>Sorry, I don't see the conspiracy...
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>I agree, no consipracy...but from a sales standpoint, MS will try to move people from MSDE to SQL Server. I also agree that each product has its role.

I agree...I wonder how many small to medium companies are going to 'standardize' on MSDE and then find out it doesn't perform well. Of course, MS did this with Access and many Access apps were converted to VFP.