#8 VFP community is the best for a programming language
#7 VB OOP isn't ready from prime time
#6 The fastest database access period.

>#5 Cost the same as other Visual Studio Tools but you get database engine included with the package
>#4 I was not originally a Microsoft Tool
>#3 Oracle is too expensive and SQL Server too unreliable
>#2 2 Words "Microsoft Access"
>#1 Cause life's too short to code in Visual C++