Javier,
>Thomas, when I talk about not improving the VFP data engine I mean from a Microsoft perspective. If they don't improve the data engine they force you to juump to MS SQL at some point, thus selling SQL licences (where the real money is).

Free/Open Databases have surpassed VFP's storage handling capacities -
(not the whole package) and they threaten SQL server growth more than VFP.
People "forced" out are not guaranteed entries into SQL server.

OTOH [1]:
If SQL was made very similar, such a switch might be easier -
and you get more bees with honey.

OTOH [2]:
VFP would have made a woderful alternative to LAMP/WAMP.
But hindsight is always easy,
especially after so much water under the bridge.

my 0.02 EUR

thomas