>Hi Vin,
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>>Hey Hugh. Your point is certainly valid, but keep in mind that many of the apps for which people are using MSDE do not maintain constantly open connections. So, "users" does not necessarily equal "connections."
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>You may know how to jimmy data connections to squeeze more free seats than would otherwise be needed but the next guy may not.
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>>But, as I said, your point is certainly valid. The only time I recommended MSDE for a client, they were fine with the idea of upsizing to SQL Server if they went beyond 5 simultaneous connections.... It's certainly something important to point out.
I remember reading that 5 users is more a sort of recommendation than a licensing restriction. You can have more than 5 users, but performance may go down.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
