Close source softwares are a trouble that i know well, everything i wrote for eqemu is closed, mainly because the mysql component i use isn't free and even the way it's used must be closed (developped at work, and is part of a bigger project). Anyway, i think the more boring thing isnt the fact that sources are closed, its the lack of feedback you get for your work. You know that people are downloading it because of the stats of your website, but you never know if they use it, don't use it, and even more why. Hard to keep your motivation.
Unless you're a 3rd party tool god (that i won't name since everybody recognized him yet) and release high quality stuff, it is, at least for me, hard to launch my RAD and start working on eqemu stuff
Of course, this is totally OOC, and i wish the best to Sandy. Btw, i tested your software, under w2000, it worked perfectly. thankees