[CLUE-Tech] My transition

[Grant Johnson]

Since there are only 2 of you, it may be easier just to move everything 
to open published standards.  This will prevent the current vendor 
lock-in and potential vendor extortion problems that you have.

No, vendor extortion is not too harsh.  If you have a solution that your 
business depends on, and it is available only from one vendor, that 
vendor can charge whatever they want.  This is always a danger with 
unpublished API's and unpublished file formats.