>>>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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>Tommy;
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>Could you ask the person at your place of employment for the URL where this is stated? Unless I missed something there are two types of MSDN subscriptions listed – Universal and Enterprise. SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition is listed as a separate product. Anything is possible – I just cannot find the “fine print”!
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>Tom

That is what I thought when I read it myself.... but there is no link for the 2000 Developer Edition to go purchase it... hence the confusion , I guess....