Does MS offer SQL Server 2000 for people who buy SQL Server 2005?

Does anyone know whether people who buy SQL Server 2005 can get a free copy
of SQL Server 2000 before moving to SQL Server 2005? Clients want to buy SQ
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Server 2005 but some applications used by the clients only support SQL Serve
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2000 version until next year. So, clients want to know whether they can buy
SQL Server 2005 but get a free copy of SQL Server 2000 so they can use SQL
Server 2000 until all the applications are supporting 2005.
Thanks.Peter wrote:
> Does anyone know whether people who buy SQL Server 2005 can get a
> free copy of SQL Server 2000 before moving to SQL Server 2005?
> Clients want to buy SQL Server 2005 but some applications used by the
> clients only support SQL Server 2000 version until next year. So,
> clients want to know whether they can buy SQL Server 2005 but get a
> free copy of SQL Server 2000 so they can use SQL Server 2000 until
> all the applications are supporting 2005.
> Thanks.
You can usually get a downgrade license. Contact Microsoft for
clarification.
David Gugick
Quest Software
www.imceda.com
www.quest.com