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Back then (remember, that's 3-4yrs. back), there was <b>only one product</b>: the <i>Metadot Portal Server</i>, and it was <b>free</b>, as in <i>'GPL'</i> (<a href="http://www.metadot.com/index.pl?iid=2607">GNU General Public License</a>); That seems still to be the case (as I read the Metadot <a href="http://www.metadot.com/index.pl?iid=4119">homepage</a>).<br>
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As for <b>support</b>, now (as back then) you have <b>two options</b>:<br>
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* the user <a href="http://www.metadot.com/index.pl?iid=2616">forums</a>, which today seems to be primarily run by the user community; 3-4yrs ago the developers would frequently participate, if a Q had been lying around for a day or two without an A; That may have changed now.<br>
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* the commercial <a href="http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2497">offers of help</a> with installation, training, hosting, trouble shooting &c; You pay for these professional services, - that's what puts butter on the Metadot Corp. developers toast.<br>
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The product is well <a href="http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=18049">documented</a> (which was one of the requirements in my evaluation), and a programmer with basic experience in OS and Perl should have no trouble installing and configuring it. And getting answers to /h(is|er)/ questions in the free forums.<br>
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best regards<br>
<i>Allan Dystrup</i><br>
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