it may not be the small business owner's solution

When Intuit decided to replace their proprietary Quickbooks file storage that is used by millions of small businesses, they chose SQLAnywhere. SQLAnywhere is described as the "embedded" or "mobile" database and has the unusual ability to convert the first PC that connects to it into a "server" for use by subsequent connectors. Even this has caused trouble after the change occurred with little publicity- apparently it was downplayed because of the perceived potential backlash from changing the database. So imagine if Intuit had announced that customers would now need Small Business Server. ;-)