I used to get the same garbage from the VB or Access to SQL Server crowd for mid-range applications. Same results using the native VFP data engine versus anything they wanted to patch together.

>The rival departments here may challenge us on several issues (such as why VFP and not oracle, if I had a dime for everytime I heard that...), but once the systems are demo'd and costs of development and maintenance are discussed. The rival departments all clam up. VFP has proven itself here and will be used as long as MS keeps us going.