The cost of 2008

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I just installed Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on a VM.

Here is the result:

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I am not sure what is in there, but it is a lot.

I then tried to install SQL Server 2005, but is never let me actually install the server, it only want to install the client components. It warns that you need SP2, so I installed that, then try it again, no go.

Any ideas?

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By the way, so far, ignoring the issue of the SQL Server installation issues, I am impressed by Win 2008, it looks slick, it is fast even on a slow VM. And it is not annoying me.

Update: I think that I am stupid. Looks like I installed the web edition of 2008, which I guess can't handle SQL Server. I'm downloading the standard version now, will see how it works.