>1. A VFP Client can instanciate URL (pathed?) referenced servers (COM)?

Yep. Though, it doesn't have to be a COM object, so its not WIndows specific. You can create SOAP web services in VB or Java if you wanted.

>2) The servers can be built with VFP?

Yep. For the most part, a web service is just like a regular Web page, so its not all that new. If you've done anything with FoxISAPI, WWWC, ASP or any of those, it really works the same way but making it easier to programmitcally call functionality on the server.

>3) The VFP Servers may xBase with server local DBFs?

Yep.

>4) The VFP Servers can return data sets as XML or (maybe) VFP cursors?

Cursors can't, but XML will.

>5) Web services requires VFP 7?

Nope. Since SOAP is a Standard you can do it with VFP 6, its just a more work than it is in 7.