>- Quickly develop database apps

I can do that in VB

>- Royalty free runtime distribution (compared to SQL licences), making it a very cheap solution and reachable for smaller clients.

I can do that in VB with Jet/MSDE

>- No DBA needed, it's easy to install and maintain in LAN environments.

WIth SQL 7, you really don't need a DBA. And, with Jet/MSDE, you definitely don't need a DBA

>- On Lan environments it often is faster than any other (R)DBMS solution.

I Don't know about that. Unless you have benchmarks, you cannot prove this statement. It is pure conjecture.

>- On runtime compiling programs (Or using the VFP language in a Command Window Emulator)

So what? The VB debugging environment in many ways, is superior to Fox's. At least I can debug COM components in VB...

>- You can still develop DOS, UNIX, MAC and Win16 applications in the FOX language.

So... I can drag out an old version of Basic and write a DOS app. Is this a real advantage? I don't think so...

>- Quickly migrating old DBASE apps toward fox.

So... Do you really think there is a big market for this? If there are old apps being migrated, I would bet a lot are bypassing Fox in favor of something else..

>- The xBase language provides DML commands that have no direct SQL equivalent and are far faster than any SQL solution. (SEEK, SET RELATION, SET KEY, SCAN, etc)
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I can do record by record operations in T-SQL. I can also do record by record operations in ADO.


>Do need to go any further ??

Yes. You will need to find that one thing that can't be done in anything but Fox.

Sorry...