>Completely off subject, but one of my clients (a state agency) recently pointed out to me that they could order VFP6 AS PART OF OFFICEE 2000 INSTEAD OF ACCESS!!! This blew my mind. The price of Office was exactly the same, but you could specify VFP 6 as the database included. Ended up being the cheapest way to go. I am not clear on how government software purchases go, but apparently they have a separate master catalog.<

That's been available for quite a while. Most people just take the path of least resistance though. If you didn't have a specific part number, you'd probably have to run through the gauntlet to purchase VFP with Office.