contrib modules

I'm this close to completing my company's new Drupal site, except when we moved it to the production server we started having issues with the Google Appliance module. I submitted an issue on the module's page, and am now waiting for the developer to help me. That being said -- as the days go by I'm increasingly uncomfortable with the level of dependence here. The site is ready to launch, people are waiting on it, and I have to wait until this developer decides to address my issue because the site is worthless without the search working.