MSDE SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine

Can someone advise me if this is basically SQL server 2000 and will work effectively to simulate sql server on a stand alone development machine ? Is this what its meant for?

I'm just not clear on this, here is the link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=413744d1-a0bc-479f-bafa-e4b278eb9147&DisplayLang=en

Thanks in advance for any advice.MSDE is fine for a development machine.

There is a good FAQ here http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/howtobuy/msdeuse.asp

This explains the how they control MSDE performance http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/techinfo/workloadgov.asp

Simon|||yes

I found i had difficulty installing but these forums and its members have proved most helpful getting me up and running

many thanks