>Apparently, what we now call MSDE will be SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition.
>It will still be optimized for 5 users and have the normal SQL Server
>management tools.
>
>What will be called MSDE for SQL Server 2000 is the SQL Server 2000 Desktop
>Engine. This will be limited to 5 users as well but will have some of the
>functionality stripped out (merge replication and others) and no UI or tools.
>The database size will also be limited. Apparently, this is meant strictly
>for offline or embedded data storage.

John, I'm confused: what you've described here sounds a lot like things currently are. What's the difference?