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>Our price [for Sybase Anywhere] reached thru a commercial agreement called CAP is around 50-60 English pounds per declared seat (no payment per server). While not nil, we find this pricing to be fair. The software (a watcom make) is really a snap to install, a great tool.
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>You have to accept the fact that this engine (both technically and commercially ) is fit for organisations where the number of users is typically 5 to 30/50. Also you would use the engine for db sized in Mb (typically 10 TO 1 000) not terabytes.

Thanks for the info, Franscois. I see from your message and the prices that Ed posted (thanks, Ed) that Sybase Anywhere is less than half of the cost of their ASE product. As far as the max size goes, 10 -1000 MB is bigger than anything that I am planning.

Sybase is apparently offering an older version of ASE on Linux as free for deployment. I would have to hear all the details from them before I based any plans on that.

Peter