erik>   happy, but in the long run, we hope to be able to purchase a real
erik>   license.  unfortunately, it has become clear to us that that won't happen
erik>   unless more people express their desire for a Linux port with real money.
erik> [...]
erik>   although this may sound as if I'm plugging for Franz, Inc, it is for
erik>   purely selfish reasons that I urge people to purchase the support
erik>   contract to show support for their Linux efforts and give the necessary
erik>   hints to the powers that be: I want it, and for me to have it, lots of
erik>   people must convince Franz, Inc, that it makes fiduciary sense to give it
erik>   to me.  the more of you who do that, the more I can be confident that my
erik>   client can continue to use cheap, fast commodity hardware for many years
erik>   to come.

Sure -- Franz isn't a charitable foundation, after all.  (I'm impressed that
they're nice enough to give the Linux version away.)  I'd be happy to pay the
same for a Linux/SolarisPC ACL as for Solaris ACL.  I'm not going to pay a
factor of three times our current support contract price, however!  And I
doubt that the support contract you refer to includes upgrades to Linux ACL or
Composer.

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