What's the performance like on a large data set?

I'm not seeing any script, either.

According to this MS entry from the 2008 BOL, 2008 Reporting Services requires IIS:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144275(SQL.100).aspx

Reporting Services

Reporting Services includes server and client components for creating, managing, and deploying...

As noted by others, it looks like some of your assumptions about implementing/operating costs may need to be looked at for real world implementations. They aren't one time costs. You...