>I am starting to lose that uneasy feeling I've had for the last few years regarding FoxPro. Between the messages regarding half of the FoxPro
>I know this is asking too much, but if MicroSoft could label VFP as the "preferred" or "standard" way of accessing data such as SQL Server or XML on Dest Top applications, this would give a tremendous boost to the product.

We don't focus on stating a preferred method for database applications on any specific product. Our position is that developers obtain MSDN Subscriptions (like Universal level containing most Microsoft products) and developers and companies decide which tool(s) are best to use to build their applications. The position of VFP 8.0 is stated pretty clear on our web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/productinfo/default.aspx:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 provides the tools you need to create and manage high-performance, 32-bit database applications and components. Its robust tools and data-centric, object-oriented language make it ideal for building modern, scalable, multitier applications that integrate client/server computing and the Internet.