Here's a nice article on the pricing of software. Won't paste it here because it's longish and also has some graphs that you will want to look at. Don't worry though, it's an easy and fun read. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html -- Arjen Lentz, Community Relations Manager MySQL AB, www.mysql.com MySQL User Conference (April) www.mysqluc.com