John,

>Everything you describe here could be done already... You may have to write your own metadata layer, but I feel certain you could do it...
>
>What do you think most people want?
>
>1. Improve the X-base'ness of the product
>2. Improve the integration with ADO/OLE-DB, SQL-Server, etc....
>
>My guess is that most folks would vote for #2...

IMO these two are not mutual exclusive; I would vote for both. Personally because I mainly deal with VFP as native as posible I prefer number 1.

Walter,