>Visual C++ - system-level needs (when you absolutely have to be able to get under the hood and tinker)
>Visual Basic - UI development. This is MS's stance and I agree with it. It can also be used for those of us who need API-level access but aren't quite up to speed with C++.
>Visual FoxPro - middle-tier COMponent development. VFP handles data manipulation, calculation and interpretation better than most environments and the ease that this can be done (for those who know the power) is really quite satisfying.
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>Sure you can move the players around but each have their strengths and weaknesses.

The foxteam has been pushing VFP for the middle tier, but since the move from 2-tier to n-tier, VFP can come back into the picture as the data tier since now the data can be local. Your data tier COM objects are just using DBFs on webserver. IE the local hard drive.