International Baccalaureate

As any new home educator knows, the first question you need to ask (and so, of course does everyone else) concerning your child, even at the age of four, is 'what about exams? Will s/he do GCSEs then?' Obviously.
Well, as the years have gone by, I looked into the International Baccalaureate, and really really like what it had to offer - not just the Diploma Programme, which is an A level equivalent, but also the Middle and Primary Years programmes - I love the ethos, the international flavour, the emphasis on team work and global justice ...
We have an IB School fairly near to us, where my children could realistically progress, aged 16, and there was talk of the IB Online - so I got in touch and put our names down enthusiastically, as would be participants in this development.
I must say, that the IB Online people have been polite - though not really recognisable as actual people - but the main IB folks, well that's a different matter.
Their website is so full of useful information, forums and information sharing, and I wondered if I might get a password to access all areas as it were - I emailed explaining our desire to get onto the Online programme, and asked if I might be permitted Access.
I did get a reply. In fact, I got two. They were both rather rude and told me that the IB is most definitely only for schools. Not (if an email could spit, this would have done) homeschoolers.
Well, sorry guys, but if you truly believe in your programme as an education for a better world, maybe you had better get with the programme (pun intended) - if you plan on spending the next couple decades herding people into schools, just when the rest of the world has realised it can work just about anywhere, and having a massive downer on flexibility and really radical solutions .... then you may be last century's big idea, after all.
We've done the global lesson on poverty, and found it very useful. Obviously we won't be able to share that with others who have done it.
So three cheers for the fabulous idea, but a real thumbs down for not being more open minded.