MSDE 1.0 licensing

Hi all. I'm working on my first database project. I could use someone's knowledge and help on the specifics of using MSDE 1.0 legally. I've been reading up on this subject extensively, and I still can't figure out a clear answer.
I volunteer at a hospital and am writing a patient/physical therapist appointment scheduling program for a department. The department doesn't want to spend anything in terms of licensing for this project. I'm thinking of using Access 2000 and MSDE 1.0 a
s a solution since "Office 2000 Professional/Standard Edition" installations are already available on a few machines in the department and I don't want to get stuck with an older technology like Jet and/or DAO (want this program to be scalable in case SQL
Server is an option in the future). Estimated concurrent users is between 2 and 4 people.
Is it legal for me to write write an Access 2000/VBA front end, have it used by a few users with Access 2000 on their machines, and have MSDE as the database server on a single machine without paying for any further licenses and fees? Or am I stuck using
Jet if I want a free solution?
I read that "Office 2000 Developer Edition" (which is not available to me) is needed in order to redistribute MSDE 1.0. I don't understand what "redistribute" means in this case. I also read that MSDE 1.0 can be used by any owner of an Office 2000 licen
se that includes it. The information I've read on various websites about the licensing is sometimes contradictory, and I don't understand the wording on Microsoft's site.
Somebody, please give me the benefit of your knowledge.
- Sinh
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If you don't wish to get stuck with older technology, don't install MSDE
1.0. MSDE 2.0 is now "free" and is a significant upgrade from 1.0. It would
make a fine "server" for your 2 to 4 people.
HTH,
Greg Low (MVP)
MSDE Manager SQL Tools
www.whitebearconsulting.com
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> Hi all. I'm working on my first database project. I could use someone's
knowledge and help on the specifics of using MSDE 1.0 legally. I've been
reading up on this subject extensively, and I still can't figure out a clear
answer.
> I volunteer at a hospital and am writing a patient/physical therapist
appointment scheduling program for a department. The department doesn't
want to spend anything in terms of licensing for this project. I'm thinking
of using Access 2000 and MSDE 1.0 as a solution since "Office 2000
Professional/Standard Edition" installations are already available on a few
machines in the department and I don't want to get stuck with an older
technology like Jet and/or DAO (want this program to be scalable in case SQL
Server is an option in the future). Estimated concurrent users is between 2
and 4 people.
> Is it legal for me to write write an Access 2000/VBA front end, have it
used by a few users with Access 2000 on their machines, and have MSDE as the
database server on a single machine without paying for any further licenses
and fees? Or am I stuck using Jet if I want a free solution?
> I read that "Office 2000 Developer Edition" (which is not available to me)
is needed in order to redistribute MSDE 1.0. I don't understand what
"redistribute" means in this case. I also read that MSDE 1.0 can be used by
any owner of an Office 2000 license that includes it. The information I've
read on various websites about the licensing is sometimes contradictory, and
I don't understand the wording on Microsoft's site.
> Somebody, please give me the benefit of your knowledge.
> - Sinh
>
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