Very susinctly put Steve. I was a bit obtuse in my motive for bringing access into the discussion. The point is that SQL is a theory, the Jet, MSSQL, Oracle...

Very interesting editorial on the Jet vs MSSQL although I think that bringing Exchange into the disscusion is a bit of a red herring. Microsoft has been trying to get...

The sad fact is that Microsoft makes everything an application. SQL Server should be a server not a programming language and Vista should be an operating system not a toy...