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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 102665" data-attributes="member: 14004">...And there are loads of other programs that were once commercial, and are now distributed as free - Virtualization software is a great example of this. Only a few years ago if you wanted to get a copy of MS virtual PC or VMware server, you would have had to pay thousands of dollars. Today these programs are distributed for a simple registration.Considering all the other SQL servers out there (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc...) I really dont think that microsoft is going to start charging for their SQL product. Even if they did, there are plenty of alternatives we can use.I always used to think &quot;why do software developers rely on other pieces of software to run their programs?&quot; and it wasn't until i started programming that I really understood this. One of the key things you learn as a programmer is: if you have code already developed to perform some action, then make it modular and use it anywhere its required.the .NET framework does just that. Instead of having the development team create their own functions and procedures and classes to perform actions, the framework is already there for them. The more I learn about the .NET framework the more I understand it's such a great tool.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 102665, member: 14004"] ...And there are loads of other programs that were once commercial, and are now distributed as free - Virtualization software is a great example of this. Only a few years ago if you wanted to get a copy of MS virtual PC or VMware server, you would have had to pay thousands of dollars. Today these programs are distributed for a simple registration. Considering all the other SQL servers out there (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc...) I really dont think that microsoft is going to start charging for their SQL product. Even if they did, there are plenty of alternatives we can use. I always used to think "why do software developers rely on other pieces of software to run their programs?" and it wasn't until i started programming that I really understood this. One of the key things you learn as a programmer is: if you have code already developed to perform some action, then make it modular and use it anywhere its required. the .NET framework does just that. Instead of having the development team create their own functions and procedures and classes to perform actions, the framework is already there for them. The more I learn about the .NET framework the more I understand it's such a great tool. [/QUOTE]

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