SQL 2000 is a great, stable platform and it's served me well in many situations. I've had all kinds of businesses run well on it, including this one. We upgraded to 2005, but we didn't need to and SQL 2000 would likely run this site for a long time to come.

That being said, I'm not sure I'd continue to develop on this platform since support (mainstream) is essentially done and you never know when you'll run into an issue you need help on. People continue to find bugs all the time with new development.

SQL 2005 and 2008 are great evolutions of the product and I'd recommend them to anyone. However I'm not sure I'd upgrade existing applications without a good reason. Continuing development might be a reason to do so.

And thanks for the editorial, Tony. Nice to have a break.