>>>SQL Server Developer Edition becomes available for $49. USD.
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>>>this is a free public service announcement
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>>A friend here at work "according to the MS site you have to have a MSDN Universal Subscription in order to purchase that for $49.00.
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>>He said he saw no place where you could buy that as a standalone for $49.00.
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>>Is this correct?
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>http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/development.asp
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>Says you can. See footnote 2.
>Cetin

My friend says "Where is the link to purchase for $49?" He is ready to jump on that deal... a lot of them at work here are!