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PPLandry:
This came as a big surprise...

http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3204
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/872/0/ultra-recall-is-dead

Dormouse:
It's not quite pulling the plug, but it's hard to see that it will be worth their while restarting development if they will be waiting for the end of the recession. OTOH, it seems to me that lots of publishers let their progs quietly languish undeveloped (eg gemx) while still selling them and without saying what plans are; refreshing to have Kinook make this announcement.

Very sad, though  :(.
But possibly not for you Pierre  ;)

kartal:
Sad news. It was a good application

PPLandry:
Very sad, though  :(
But possibly not for you Pierre  ;)
-Dormouse (October 30, 2008, 11:44 PM)
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Competition is generally a good thing. Also, the concept behind both programs is not exactly the same. There really isn't anything else quite like UR, so this is very unfortunate for the UR users. Let's hope, they change their mind.

The same thing happened to Ecco in 1997: released version 4.01 and shortly after closed it up. Sales was partly is issue there too.

muntealb:
Ultra Recall lacked two very important features:

1) It did not fully support Unicode

2) The interface and manual were only available in english.

A commercial software must widen its intended audience by offering features for non-english speaking users, it's really a must today.

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