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<DIV><SPAN class=a20><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just read this and
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=a20>"SQL Server Developer Edition Price Drops to
$49 Friday</SPAN> <BR>by Scott Bekker<BR><BR>7/31/03 — Microsoft will drop the
price of the Developer Edition of SQL Server 2000 by 90 percent on Friday, from
$499 to $49.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The company announced the price cut in June at its TechEd show
in Dallas. The move brings the Developer Edition into line with the practice of
some other database vendors who offer development editions for free or at a very
low cost.</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>The Developer Edition has all the functionality of SQL Server
2000 Enterprise Edition, but the End User License Agreement prohibits customers
from installing or using it in live server environments. The Developer Edition
can be upgraded to Enterprise Edition.</FONT></P></DIV>
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href="http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5895">http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5895</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Kath Pelletti<BR>Software Design
& Solutions Pty Ltd.<BR>Ph: 9505-6714<BR>Fax: 9505-6430<BR><A
href="mailto:SDSSoftware@Optusnet.com.au">SDSSoftware@Optusnet.com.au</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>