>Any idea where I can get SQL Server 2005 from - if I install 2008 then I need visual Studio 2008 and so it goes on
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>Sorry - I don't know. I have had an MSDN subscription for years, so I have access to software that is not the latest and greatest. I try not install any new releases of Microsoft tools. We generally wait until Service Pack 1 is released and even though this is the case for SQL Server 2008, we are waiting for Service Pack 2.
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>How is it that you can run your consulting business without an MSDN subscription. Just curious....

Thanks - I don't know why I don't have an MSDN subscription - can't think of any raason up till now where i have needed 1