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>All in all, my point is: xBase is dead as a data access mechanism, although it still can play well some tiers (tipically on the user interface and parts of the domain logic).

Hi Martin.

Hope you had a good holiday!

I think this last point is incorrect. The statement does not take into account the application of the xBase database technology and there are many, many applications where the technology is perfectly suited and very much alive. You need to quantify the statement in relation to an area of application.

While I am here let me chime in my 2c worth re Terry's comment about USE'ing a file over TCP/IP: I am not going to comment on its usefulness or not but rather that the two of you are viewing this proposition from different points of view.

You are saying it is not possible for various security and performance reasons. Terry is saying "what if ...". What if the security issues and performance issues could be resolved? What if you could just USE a file remotely over TCP/IP securely and fast? In other words, instead of saying why it cannot be done he is saying "can you imagine if it could be?".

They said replication could not be done in VFP/xBase but how about www.syncdata.net ? Those guys did it even over the Internet :)