[Greeklawyer]

Sounds like, you cant buy software you can only rent it from microsoft. If you dont pay microsoft they will shut you down. Microsoft must have access to your computer in order for it to function.

I do not want my company's database anywhere near a dot net.

[DaveyB]

If your company has a real Data base ie Oracle dotnet won't need to be near it. SQL Server, however, has a new security hole...Microsoft