>>I suppose it's to be expected in a Forum mainly consisting of VFPers..:-)
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>When you look at the thread title, it is clear what the initial motive was. IMO, trying to justify DBF's - when you have choice and when there are so many compelling alternatives - is a wasteful excercise. That said, I agree that DBF's can get the job done. But, when I have choice, DBF's will not be my first, second, or third choice. This is just one developer's opinion.

It's strange that so much emphasis has been placed on the DBF, where would the DBF be without the FoxPro language to accompany it??? The DBF is only a file after-all, and I've only heard of comparisons between Foxpro/DBF and T-SQL/SQL Server so far, what happened to .Net?

>Comparing .NET to VFP OTOH - can be a useful excercise. IMO - Kevin McNeish has done a fine job of this already.

Yes, I've got one of his books, and I found it the most useful resource yet for migration to .Net from VFP.

>As long as the censoring thought police can be kept at bay - an intellectually honest and valuable discussion can occur.

From what I've seen so far - try telling this lot that.

Kev