Firebird
> MSDE is ok for free, but since we sell this product and make a down load
> evaluation available, customers expect a one click setup. Nope, no on
MSDE
> (plus it's 60+MB).
>
> VistaDB looks promising, royalty free licensing, small foot print, but
> currenly not ODBC or OLEDB (it's all .NET). They are comming out with a
> OLEDB bridge though. BUT, in version 2.0, no stored procs till version
3.
>
> Looking into MySQL, they have an embedded solution.
>
> So here is our with list:
>
> Ability to run client side and scale up to true client / server. Small
> footprint is good, seamless setup, our customer wouldn't know any
difference
> between the sql version we want and the current JET version we have. As
low
> cost on the licensing or royalty free licensing we can manage. Good DB
> Management tools. ODBC/OLEDB connector (we are VB6 coders).
>
> Thanks for any input in advance,
>
>
> Mark.
>
>


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