$25,000 per processor for this?

What is wrong with Microsoft? How could you honestly release this product?

I agree with everyone else - the new features in SQL Server 2005 are not worth losing the features in 2000!

I'm telling my clients to not upgrade.

You guys had better release a new version or upgrade fast. mySql is starting to be a real competitor. I can no longer justify your cost.

Well, it depends.

There might be also situations where an update is not necessary, but SQL Server 2005 is really more powerful than the SQL Server 2000. If you don′t need the new features and don′t need e.g. the high scalablity functions you might not need the new SQL Server 2005. (In the most cases you will not need the enterprise features and there can use a smaller edition then enterprise.) But this does not justify your general statements here.

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

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I happen to agree with you about how you describe your disatifaction. Most likely MySQL is your best choice.

However, all of my clients have most definitely found that upgrading to SQL 2005 to be well worth the time and expense. I wouldn't consider using MySQL at all since SQL 2005 provides so much functionality that the time and effort to painstakenly code such functionality would easily and quickly surpass the cost of SQL 2005.

Most of us that 'know' how to use SQL 2005 can easily justify the cost. That you cannot speaks to SQL 2005 not having any value to you or your needs, and/or your not having the skills to use the product to it best use.

Really, what goes does a post such as your accomplish? Constructive critique is often welcome, mindless bitching does no one any good -except perhaps for a brief catharsis for the writer...

|||I agree with Jens in this case and you may contact the Microsoft support (local) in order to get more information onthe licensing part or upgrades information in thsi case.