....soooo. SF won't sell it to me. They no longer support
it.

OK, I can handle that - all future MMC CD-R drives are
implicitly supported.

So, will someone sell me an original (at an appropriate
price), or will SF give an open license for users to use
whatever copies of CDA they can come by ????

I would prefer to use a legit and supported version of the
best DAO CD authoring application in the world.

And SF% only does TAO, which is pathetic.

SF - WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU !!!!!!!!