George, here are two links that may help: VFP tables vs MSDE was hotly debated with many opinions in this long thread:
Free tables vs DBC Thread #
740632 Message #
740632 and
--sb-- suggested in a related post
Appropriate Uses of MSDE at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/msdeuse.aspHTH
>VFP or MSDE for a reporting server?
>
>Main requirements are:
>1) Robust ETL capability (DTS and VFP) (Sybase Anywhere)
>2) Speed of querys (adhoc and canned)
>3) Crystal Reports compatibility
>4) 5 users max
>
>VFP
>No OLAP Cubing
>No security
>
>Yes, when you buy VFP you get MSDE distro rights.
>
>Developers hands-on comments welcomed
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.