Thomas,

>Did you really mean to imply that VFP “steals away sales from SQL Server”? Perhaps the term “steals” is too strong.

Sure. Vertical market apps developed in VFP run in thousands of locations with multi-thousands of users, all for no additional license or seat fees. Without VFP, some of those would be running SQL Server, generating more $ for Microsoft.

>SQL Server will be around long after VFP is gone. That is just a guess on my part. :)

I don't know if it will still be called SQL Server if that happens in the future, but It's very likely to still have a per-seat charge associated with it.