Cowicide, to answer your question, it's a two-week full-featured demo (everything works), but that's a continuous two weeks from the first time you use it. If that's not enough time, drop us an e-mail and explain what you're evaluating Anthracite for and we can work out a temporary key.

Also, yes, there is a phone home capability in Anthracite, but it checks for the latest version, there's no personal information included in the data transfered, and you don't have to be online to use the software.

I, too, have been flabbergahsted by the great feedback we've gotten from users, there are more quotes on the website at http://www.metafy.com. We've got a growing base of users on three continents now, and more and more repeat customers. Anthracite may not be as cool as say, Reason or GarageBand, but for many user who need these web mining capabilities, I hope it's everything we say it is.