John,

>>What other product, other than VFP, is able to do all three tiers?
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>VB, VC, Delphi....to name 3

Which of these has a data engine built in? That is, which of them would need to add an external engine? Each of these would need to link in to an engine. Now, is that good or bad? I think it is probably a good thing actually. Still, with VFP you basically don't need the addons so there is some benefit there I'd think.

Which is better? None, depends on what you want to accomplish IMO.

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>>I can't think of one - not that this is a huge deal, just that VFP has the proverbial "whole enchilada"
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>I just thought of three, and it was not a huge deal...< vbg >....
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>I think this might be why MSFT has had some trouble as to where to market the product....
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>MS is having trouble findin a place to market VFP? No, MS does not market VFP because MS does not invest in markets with little or no growth. That said, we could debate the whole chicken v. egg thing; whether MS caused the market to decline or the contrary. The bottom line, if MS wanted to market the product, they would.
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>Here is a generic question to ponder: when does one go from being optimistic to being in denial?????

When one is unwilling to look at all tools, old and new I suppose, and to dismiss them simply because they are 'older'.

I think you're making an error in your judgement in that you are presuming that I, in my support for VFP, I am automatically non-supportive of the other MS product line. Nothing could be futher from the truth. Please factor into your thought process this information, would you?

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Best,

DD