>How much value is there to real stored procedures and good database security? Remember, MSDE is scaled for 5 CONCURRENT users, many small businesses can easily cope with that. The problem will be in the mid-size or rapidly growing small business. I agree, SQL will cost more but you get more.
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>I suppose the best thing to do is to program for any backend, advise the customer of the options, and let them make the decision. That's what n-tier is all about, I suppose.

It's just a ploy by M$ to get us ALL working with SQL as the back end for everything. Heck, Watcom did it years ago with SQL-Anywhere so it's just long term marketing.

__Stephen