>>Just checked on the free DB2 you mention. That would be the beta version, which of course you can get for NT also and you're not allowed to use it for purposes other than testing. So it's not really free now is it?
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>I kept looking for the restrictions on use when I ordered my CD but never saw them. I'll look for the fine print again.
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>>The idea of using Linux (or any other Unix flavor) as a file server for win32 programs is ludicrous. It's like going back to the file server days of Novell 2.x. Contemporize, man! :)
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>The idea of using an SQL database as a backend to a VFP middleware engine is fairly contemporary. Are you disputing this? Or are you suggesting that an MS SQL-server DB running under NT is contemporary and but not Oracle or DB2 running under Unix?
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>Rumor: Microsoft gave up on its attempt to have NT handle the Hotmail traffic.
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>I'm also quite interested in using Java clients as a front-end to the VFP middleware server.
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>Future plans only at this point. I'm still working with plain-jane VFP clients using a file server.
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>Peter Robinson
The thing I mentioned about SQL back-ends is that they are not free.