Yes, VFPOLEDB uses Rushmore....

For obvious reasons I normally use SET COLLATE TO "NORDAN"
After setting COLLATE to "MACHINE" , removing indexes and creating new indexes and removing 'Collating Sequence=NORDAN' from the connection string my numbers are like this:

knamn LIKE 'LARSEN%' ( indexed field )
0.455 seconds

adresse LIKE 'ATT%' ( no index )
39.277 seconds

gateadr LIKE 'KJ%' ( no index )
38.841 seconds

knr = '0315900' ( indexed field )
0.139 seconds

I'm happy with this result.
It's getting late in Europa, so further research will start tomorrow.

Rolf