Hi all,
I wanted to make sure you saw the following sites:
Announcement on this news at the SharePoint Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/11/06/announcing-microsoft-search-server-2008-express.aspx
Microsoft Enterprise Search site: http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/
Microsoft Search Server 2008: http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/serverproducts/searchserver/default.aspx
Microsoft Search Server Express 2008 [Free]: http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/serverproducts/searchserverexpress/default.aspx
CheersMike