Yes. Here's a quote from the SQL Server 2000 Evaulation Guide.....

"SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) offers the basic database engine features of SQL Server 2000. It does not include a user interface, management tools, analysis capabilities, merge replication support, client access licenses, developer libraries, or Books Online. It also limits database size and user workload. It has the smallest footprint of any edition of SQL Server 2000 and is thus an ideal embedded or offline data store."

>Has anyone heard if their will be a MSDE based on MS-SQL 2000?