I may be mistaken but I'm fairly certain that when you set up a database maintenance plan in SQL 2000 to reindexing, among other things, it calls SQLMAINT under the cover.

The point is that if you are writing an application for generalized use by a number of customers running in the hundreds, many of which don't have full time DBA's on staff, you want to avoid computed columns because of the problem it gives your clients in setting up and running relatively simple database maintenance plans. I've dealt with the workaround but this is a skill set that many of my customers might not have.

Thanks