>>Does this translate to: "The Fox team did not have enough time to include or provide drivers for the latest version of MDAC? The reason being that VFP consumes too much bandwidth?
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>It translates to "what do you want the team spending time on?" If we were to continue to be in MDAC, that means we have to update the driver. With the new OLE DB Provider shipping soon, why would we want to do that? There a fair number of reasons not to put it back in MDAC, none of which have to do with Microsoft's support of VFP.

Thanks Mike
Maybe I would not feel so apprehensive if I knew what was happening then. Being in the dark, does seem to fuel the negative perceptions. But like everyone else, I await the outcome with enthusiasm. I will enjoy being embarassed when the first of the press releases come out.