I have heard about the complaints with Quickbooks and the complaints have been more than the Enterprise version. If I am not mistaken, only the enterprise version uses Sql Anywhere. I have been using Sql Anywhere for at least 10 years now (version 5) and I have not had performance problems. Did QB convert to .net?

>FWIW: having considered its millions of small business customers, the accounting giant Intuit selected SQL Anywhere for its newer versions of Quickbooks. There was still a big technical backlash from customers whose old Quickbooks worked fine with its local database but who experienced trouble with the new improved C/S version.
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>IMHO people are well advised to consider their customers very carefully before applying any blanket ideology, including database selection.