>I am considering a manufacturing softare system that was written in Foxpro 5. I am unsure of the technology say vs. VB 5 and would like some input from this forum. For instance how does it stack up to SQL server 6.5 as a RDBMS ? How is its speed as compared to an application written in VB 5.

Fox5 and VB5 are comparable front-ends. SQL Server 6.5 is a far superior and robust RDBMS to Fox, although it's a moot point because either Fox or VB can talk to SQL Server. On the other hand, what is your user base? If it's relatively small to moderate then you're better off using a Fox system as Fox database access speed is far superior to VB and SQL Server.