We've been investigating alternatives to MSDE for a recent project. Firebird was one of the alternatives we investigated. Today I saw in a blog post another possibility that we will consider: VistaDB for .NET VistaDB 2.1 database for .NET has been released This 2.1 update includes over 60 improvements, including new support for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. VistaDB is a small-footprint, embedded SQL database alternative to Jet/Access, MSDE and SQL Server Express 2005 that enables developers to...