• This is one reason that I have developers install the SQL Server "Standard" edition from MSDN rather than the "Developer" edition.

    The Developer edition has all features enabled, including the Enterprise features.

    I once had a developer do something that, performance wise, depended on a feature available only in the Enterprise version, then we got burned a little when we went to deploy in production (which used Standard edition) and that feature wasn't available.

    That's one downside to the Developer edition IMHO - unless the developers have a feature matrix handy, they may use something that you don't have in the production environment if they are not careful.