Perhaps with the time saved by using Python instead of C# or some such, you could help to improve adodbapi.py, ensuring support for the next version of MS SQLServer, although that might be of little help in the short term. Just a thought.
Also, have a gander at http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/mssql/ I have no knowledge of it, but it may prove useful to you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
