At press time, SQL Server 7.0 was just beginning to appear in the channel, so no one can predict sales yet. What business applications will be the primary sales drivers—departmental decision support, as was the case with SQL Server 6.x? How many of the millions of Microsoft Access users will upsize? How many purchases will result from the appeal of free online analytical processing (OLAP), or relatively cheap data warehousing? How many organizations will buy SQL Server 7.0 as part of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) bundle from vendors such as SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft, or J.D. Edwards?

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