>But, if I decided to use MSDE DB, I would have to setup the ODBC/DSN on all of my clients PC. Which means I would have to travel an awful lot, because 99% of my clients are computer illiterate.

Contrary to your belief you can connect to SQL without a DSN. As a matter of fact, contrary to Jim Duffy's paper you can use remote views without a DSN! This is true in 6 and 7, and in 8.0 it is even easier.

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