QUOTE(bfarber @ Dec 19 2007, 09:50 AM)

We likely won't have Zend return in the immediate future, however we will get this file unencoded for the next update.

I don't understand? Isn't Zend more popularly supported by hosting companies compared to ioncube? Everytime I see a ioncube topic it is always a nightmare topic of someone having issues installing it, no access to php.ini or problems with it being hosted. Is IPS prepared to dedicate or have extra time to address ioncube issues? After all it is a 3rd party application.
PS. Source Gardian is crap IMO and from using TPP mods back in the day everyone should know how their encoded files are handled by their hoster.