I would add to this the ability to show your customers demos on your system if you want with the different server flavors and backends.

Tracy

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>>>Hi Henry,
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>>>Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/prodinfo/levels.asp to see the different levels and all that is included. Universal is just about everything under the sun. Enterprise is the next level down and Professional a bit less.
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>>>- Brian
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>>Thanks Brian. Which would you recommend?
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>Which ever one you can afford. Really. I personally get the Universal, but that's only because I do a lot of things in addition to development. Even it has stuff I'll never use. If you are planning on doing a lot of SQL Server development, you might want to opt for the Enterprise edition. Eventhough MSDE comes with VFP 7, it does not have the Enterprise Manager (as well as other tools) which can very helpful if you are interest in learning DBA stuff too.
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>- Brian