>>>Does anyone know if the new Ole Db Provider is available apart from actually purchasing the product?
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>>For now you can get it only with VFP 7.0
>>I would expect it to be available as separate download later on.
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>Not according to some posts by MS people here. Apparently there is a reason why the VFP ODBC driver is not in MDAC anymore and if I was to speculate the OLEDB provider will not make there it either.

Where did I say in my post that it'll be a part of MDAC?
I sad "as separate download". The same way as VFP ODBC driver is now available as a separate download from MS VFP site. And MS people never sad that it wouldn't happend.