Set up a Unix Server
Install MySQL on the Unix Server
Set up your Unix /MySQL tables on the Unix Server

In the VFP/Windows Destop:
Install the MySQL ODBC driver/DNS to the Unix Server
SQLCONNECT from VFP 7 to your Unix/MySQL database through the ODBC
SQLEXEC('your select,update and insert commands')

In short the VFP would run on the Windows desktop as a client to the Unix server (and MySQL) through the ODBC.

Other options:
FoxBase (Text) will run on Unix. DbaseIV (text)will run on Unix - there were also rumors that Borland GUI dBase products would run on Unix and Solaris. - and you might check out dB2K (dBase Gold?) to see if they have configured a GUI for UNIX.

Terry,
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>I haven't used Unix in 15 years :(.
>How would the VFP 7 desktop run? I am missing something in this equation, I think.
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>>>Can Unix run VFP 7.0 runtime either natively, emulation, some sort of 3rd party add-on, etc?
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>>I heard about a product called Lindows. I think it's vapor ware for the time being. But, you can connect to a Unix served MySQL database (Oracle too?) with a VFP 7 desktop through the MySQL ODBC driver.