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Point is in .NET you are encouraged to keep the amount of data small, In VFP this is much less an issue.
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Duh..... Fox is based on a file-server paradigm and .NET is based on a distributed C/S paradigm.

And yes, in Fox it is an issue when you try to open a dbf over the wan - as you have zero control over what gets passed to the client. Being a file-based system, it makes for a lot of network overhead - bring more information to the client than you really need. Fox needs it becuause that is the way it works.

Finally, if you are using VFP with Oracle, SQL Server, etc, you are encouraged also to render small data sets back to the client.

You really don't know what you are talking about Walter...

John