On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 12:30 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Realistically, one of the big reasons that support is dropped for > anything it that the company providing it has gone out of business > and where money is involved they will be bankrupt and your lawsuit > will be futile. Sometimes it is just best to have a plan to switch > to an alternative if your first choice becomes unavailable. Yes. Exit plans play a major roll in mitigating the risk of rolling out a solution. Never, ever assume a vendor will continue a product. Especially products that are not GPL or GPL compatible. Vendors virtually never offer a way out of any lock-in. Not my words but Gartner's. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org ---------------------------------------------------------- Beware of those who define their preferences in terms of hate of another option, than on the merits of their choice