Ron,
Yes, I guess you're right that a VFP based solution is MS OS centered, but, (to me at least)it all seems to work really smoothly together and things like IIS, COM+, etc. are basically free. But I guess it boils down to if you've bought in to the Microsoft way - completely with .NET, partially with VFP, or totally against with PHP/Apache/MySQL ...
>>ActiveVFP(http://www.activevfp.com) is the free Open Source VFP alternative to PHP/Apache/MySQL (you just need to have VFP6SP5 or above). No licensing or other fees. While I have done the basics, there's no reason others could not greatly expand the offering to match or surpass anything in the PHP/Apache/MySQL realm...
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>Claude the thing I struggle with in a VFP solution is its so single OS based. I never thought that would really affect me but in Web hosting alone. It is so much cheaper to purchase Nix based hosting. There is so much momentum in web based app's in the nix camp that is not there in any other camp. I here what you are saying but for me I just have to put my time where there is already a lot of leverage. :(
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>Ron