>>SQL Server Developer Edition becomes available for $49. USD.
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>>this is a free public service announcement
>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.
>He said he saw no place where you could buy that as a standalone for $49.00.
>Is this correct? It doesn't have sense, if you own MSDN Universal you already have SQL Server.