>>>I never said that SQL Server or any other database is a rip-off, or that noone should pay for it, only attempted to compare the cost to the cost of licensing a VFP app (0$).
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>No, you said implementing SQL Server costs a fortune. That was the point I was refuting.

Small Fortune. And the one I am dismissing. $10 is a small fortune to some people, and 10 million is chump change to others. Semantics. Who cares?