no msde for you, vista

there is an interesting discussion going on over at eric nelson's blog.  why?  simple, here's the title of the post:

Time to move on from MSDE to SQL Server 2005 Express (you do want to run on Windows Vista - don't you?)

eric has great points about the reasons for sql 2005 express edition (which is still free and has better features), but i have to admit, i winced at the decision myself...the comments are very interesting to read.