I just learned (thanks Josefin) that we now have an update of the SQL Server 2008 feature pack - the October "edition". Stuff like download of command-line tools, driver for PHP, native client, sync framework, upgrade advisor, bunch of BI related utilities and such.
Check it out at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=228de03f-3b5a-428a-923f-58a033d316e1&displaylang=en&tm#QuickInfoContainer