Hi Kevin,
look at
http://www.arnicacorp.com - this is the only complete set of VFP tools to create data-driven web-based applications with VFP. It includes WebFramework with lots of powerful features such as http clustering, dynamic html page generations, various html controls, dynamic VFP scripting, integration with .NET; it also includes WebPortal, WebReport, FormServer to create web forms with poweful worlflow, UnifiedLogon - a single-signon system, etc.
You will find that with these tols you would be able to successfully compete with Java in both price and performance.
http://www.arnicacorp.com has a link to a demo site, which shows all these technologies live, with lots of examples....
Igor Lozhkin,
Arnica Software Corporation
tel 416-4835219