>I'd like something clear cut from Microsoft. We know the development platform. So what exactly are the run-time platforms?

From the help file:
"Operating system: Developing applications with Visual FoxPro 8.0 is supported only on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later, and Windows XP. You can create and distribute run-time applications for Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later, and Windows XP."

Note the abscence of Windows NT in that list. VFP 8.0 is not supported on Windows NT in any form whatsoever. At all. Period. Clear enough? :-)