>I agree that if you are using DBF data, it is nice to finally have these things.

Cursor operations have little to do with DBFs. Many VFP architecture scenarios deal with cursors but do not deal with DBFs.

>On the other hand, if you are primarily concerned with remote data and writing middle-tier objects, these features are meaningless.

This could not be further from the truth. I know that you are partial to the Recordset as a data package, but you should be aware that there are many scenarios that are better suited to other means. I should also point out that it is easy (trivial?) to convert ADO recordsets and several different XML formats into cursors.

Intensive client side munging (or middle-tier munging) with an ADO recordset is painfully slow, and much better suited to a cursor.

And if you use cursors (like I do), whether or not you use DBFs (like I sometimes do), the new commands are really nice.