>>>>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/38728>
>By modern standards those limitations seem fairly severe, but it's still enough power for a lot of small business or light-duty scenarios.
And that is 20 user actually hitting it. If one manages the connections well, it will work comfortably in a lot of scenarios - and the data can be put directly on SQL enterprise with no changes.
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