So true! No answer, can't be done, or redirected to a sales rep to purchase additional licenses for software that may or may not completely interoperate with th

So true! No answer, can't be done, or redirected to a sales rep to purchase additional licenses for software that may or may not completely interoperate with the stuff you're already paying them for. Want to write your own program that extends or interfaces with an open-source software package? It can probably be done with some amount of work, depending on documentation, forums, and readability of the (available!) source code. Want to do the same with a proprietary software package? Buy the SDK for $X000, there aren't any forums, and the documentation that is basically eyes-only. Maybe a screen-scaper could work, but that would be unreliable and tie up a licensed terminal (not to mention probably violates the EULA!).