[nailer]

> The more likely situation would be that the logs are stored on a shared storage server, and the machine you are using to look at the logs doesn't have the logging system installed.

So expose the shared storage to a system running any current mainstream Linux distribution. I understand what you're saying, but this still doesn't seems like a huge concern.

[gambiter]

... We were talking about logging systems with proprietary tools for manipulating logs. Ergo, 'any current mainstream Linux distribution' wouldn't have them installed by default.