Not only that...
I (and my supplier) is willing to be very flexible in our terms, and to aid in getting you started with development. We are in a position where getting clients is far more important than making a huge profit... albeit not more important than avoiding losing money;). Of course, if your management refuses to consider anything else, well, there's not much that can be done; OTOH, I would be quite happy to work with you to put together a very strong presentation about why it is worth considering... including sending you a Not For Resale copy of the base system, and as many dev tools as I can legally send you without incurring costs, so that you can evaluate how useful it would be for you.
The NFR copy would have to wait a bit... I would think you'd want to wait until I start getting RCs of version 1.1 (should be within a couple of weeks, if not sooner), as you'd most certainly find that one easier to get up and running than the current 1.0 release...
Another issue to consider is that the language in question (REXX) also means that you can look at some other platforms, including Windows (there's a rexx dev env available from IBM that includes gui tools), Linux (ditto, but no money required), and IBM mainframes, where it's the language of choice.
At any rate... think about it and get back to me! My address is in my .sig... just change that "at" to @ and remove the spaces.
Regards,
Jack
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