VistaDB have one upped Axosoft‘s meme tracking marketing campaign by offering VistaDB free to .NET and Visual Studio bloggers mentioning their campaign on their blog.
I have heard good reports about VistaDB from others but have been unable to try it myself as I have always placed my trust in the MSDE variant of SQL Server for any client side database requirements. This may be the time for me to jump ship to a .NET focussed system!
Their blog-release (well, its not really a press release, is it) for VistaDB v2.1 is reprinted below!
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 build .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 applications. Features SQL-92 support, small 500KB embedded footprint, free 2-User VistaDB Server for remote TCP/IP data access, royalty free distribution for both embedded and server, Copy ‘n Go! deployment, managed ADO.NET Provider, data management and data migration tools. Free trial is available for download.