>>>it was not as good for the M$ bottom line as the VB/VS/SQL Server solution which costs about $5000 to start.
>>
>>$0.00 (Visual Studio Express)
>>+ $0.00 (SQL Server Express/MySQL)
>>----------
>>$0.00
>
>And how many users on SQL Server Express?
ISTR MSDE was throttled by limiting maximum number of simultaneous connections, to 5 or 6 IIRC. Express 2005/2008 seems to have done away with that, instead its limitations are:
- One physical CPU (with any number of cores)
- 1GB RAM
- No single database can exceed 4GB
- SQL Agent not available
This link claims Express can be suitable for up to 20 users:
http://www.devx.com/MicrosoftISV/Article/38728By modern standards those limitations seem fairly severe, but it's still enough power for a lot of small business or light-duty scenarios.
Regards. Al
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