Hi Alex,

Ahhhhh, another past TakeNote VFP training alum... < s >

>If we as developers start pushing vfp + MSDE/SQLServer instead of pure vfp solutions, we will be helping put MS' name in the limelight. Even if we just bundle MSDE with our solutions, we will, in effect, be "selling Microsoft".

Yep...

>If MS were to remove the dataengine from vfp, they will definitely piss a lot off developers, but quite frankly, I don't see any other way for a product as out of place as vfp in the grand design, to last as long as we'd all like it to.

Removing the data engine would also pave the way for the VFP language to be included in .NET.

>As it is, there are already acceptable solutions for everyone's data needs: JET is probably mature enough for a single-user application

YUCK!!! Go ahead and stick with MSDE here...

>As for Jim Duffy's remarks, don't take him seriously. I don't think he'd appreciate it ;-)

Hey, I think I resemble that remark. < g >

Interesting post Alex...