>Hi all:
>this is from a brand new article on the home page of MSDN:
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>"Summary: Until recently, Microsoft offered two means of database management: Microsoft Jet (the Microsoft Access database engine that is shipped with both Microsoft Access and Microsoft Visual Studio) and Microsoft SQL Server. With the release of the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), a SQL Server-compatible database engine, there is an exciting new option for creating desktop and shared database solutions. MSDE enables developers to build desktop and shared database solutions that easily migrate to SQL Server when the solution must scale. This article discusses the features and benefits of MSDE 2000 and provides links to useful information, including online documentation, Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, and Microsoft white papers, to enable you to build robust MSDE 2000 solutions."
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>Here is the link: This link appears on msdn.microsoft.com:
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmsde/html/msderoadmap.asp
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>Only 2 means? Exciting new option? Hasn't VFP been exciting new option for 10 years? Jeez...
>
>Harold

I also found practically the same phrase in the introduction to another article:

Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) for Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0: An Alternative to Jet for Building Desktop and Shared Solutions
James Fitzgerald
Clarity Consulting, Inc.

May 1999

Updated June 2002

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmsde/html/msdeforvs.asp