Developer Edition- is that enough?

I am working for a university and we received funding to create an online
searchable database for Company A. Company A has SQL Server 2005 and uses it
within its company. We would like to create a database of articles and
research for them, test it, post it on the Web, see if it works and then give
the database to Company A. Can we do that with only the Developer Edition, or
do we need to buy the SQL Server 2005? I know the only difference between the
Developer Edition and the Enterprise edition is the license, what does that
mean'
Thank you so much for any advice you have."lana1916" <lana1916@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am working for a university and we received funding to create an online
> searchable database for Company A. Company A has SQL Server 2005 and uses
> it
> within its company. We would like to create a database of articles and
> research for them, test it, post it on the Web, see if it works and then
> give
> the database to Company A. Can we do that with only the Developer Edition,
> or
> do we need to buy the SQL Server 2005? I know the only difference between
> the
> Developer Edition and the Enterprise edition is the license, what does
> that
> mean'
> Thank you so much for any advice you have
Here's the operative language from the SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
license
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If you comply with these license terms, you have the rights below for each
license you acquire.
1. OVERVIEW.
a. Software. The software includes development tools, software programs
and documentation.
b. License Model. The software is licensed on a per user basis.
2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS.
a. General. One user may install and use copies of the software to
design, develop, test and demonstrate your programs. Testing does not
include staging on a server in a production environment, such as loading
content prior to production use.
b. Included Microsoft Programs. These license terms apply to all
Microsoft programs included with the software. If the license terms with
any of those programs give you other rights that do not expressly conflict
with these license terms, you also have those rights.
3. ADDITIONAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND/OR USE RIGHTS.
a. User Testing. Your end users may access the software to perform
acceptance tests on your programs.
b. Demonstration. Any person that has access to your internal network
may install and use copies of the software to demonstrate use of your
programs with the software. Those copies may not be used for any other
purpose.
--
If this doesn't answer your question, you might want to check with your
Microsoft representitive. Note that any number of developers, each of whom
owns a seperate Developer Edition license, can share one server instance of
SQL Server Developer edition.
To move from development to production an instance of SQL Server Developer
Edition can be upgraded to SQL Server Enterprise Edition, or the database
can be moved to a server running any other edition of SQL Server.
David.|||The fact that you want to post it on the Web is usually considered by
Microsoft as a production database; so the developer edition is not
sufficient. However, as this is only for tests, SQL-Server Express 2005
should be sufficient as the backend for this web thing; so you will be OK if
you use the Express edition as your backend database.
--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: http://cerbermail.com/?QugbLEWINF
"lana1916" <lana1916@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30191BB1-2DBD-4A67-BC8C-9AC8DB11649C@.microsoft.com...
>I am working for a university and we received funding to create an online
> searchable database for Company A. Company A has SQL Server 2005 and uses
> it
> within its company. We would like to create a database of articles and
> research for them, test it, post it on the Web, see if it works and then
> give
> the database to Company A. Can we do that with only the Developer Edition,
> or
> do we need to buy the SQL Server 2005? I know the only difference between
> the
> Developer Edition and the Enterprise edition is the license, what does
> that
> mean'
> Thank you so much for any advice you have.