Atmos Evaluation

It seems there is a kind of deadlock in case you would like to expore Atmos APIs:

1- New ATMOS developer online accounts are down, and they seem to be like this fo months (from the forum questions)

2- If you decided to use Atmos Evalution Edition (AEE) image, then this requires ESX 4.0+ installation from Vmware.

3- You can NOT download the trial version of ESX 4.0/4.1 since it always directs you to ESXi 5.0, which does work with Atmos AEE

4- Opensource ESX 4.0/4.1 packages from Vmware  are just for opensource policy purposes, and do not respresent a full solution

5- Geodrive SDK for example requires an Atmos online account or AEE

Is this deadlock for a reason, or how does EMC expect Atmos AEE to be tested?

Thanks