I think the SQL Server 2000 SE to SQL Server 2005 SE upgrade gave us a lot of cool new features and I think people were quite rightly expecitng the same with the SQL Server 2005 SE to SQL 2008 SE. I was disappointed that most of the new features are only in Enterprise Edition.

I guess if you can upgrade for free then it would be beneficial. However i'm not sure the cost is justified if your already on SQL Server 2005 SE and have to pay for an upgrade to SQL Server 2008 SE, especially the per-processor licenses.

Good article though !!