I'm assuming that this comparison was done based on MS SQL 2000.  I'd like to know what your opinion is regarding SQL 2005 and any changes that you might make to these statements. 

Better yet, I'd like to see an additional column added that breaks down the same discussion points if you were to use DB mirroring + snapshots.  My understanding is that this would be the best approach for satisfying both High Availability AND reporting server needs.

What do you think?