>>Until recently, Microsoft offered two means of database management: Microsoft Jet (the Microsoft® Access >database engine that is shipped with both Access and Microsoft Visual Studio®) and Microsoft SQL Server™.... BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
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>Unless I'm missing something, it seems like this article was written by some not associated with MS.
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>Does James Fitzgerald work for Microsoft or Clarity Consulting, Inc.?

However, it is on Microsoft's site, and it is an inaccurate and misleading statement.

It is not uncommon for non-MS employees to submit articles to Microsoft's web-site (for example, this informative article by John Petersen http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/adojump.htm)