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Why did WinRAR Unplugged (portable Winrar version) get discontinued?

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superboyac:
Anyone have any information about why the portable version of winrar got discontinued?

Renegade:
I'm not very surprised.

I've met Burak - the fellow who runs WinRar - and he struck me as a smart business fellow.

The compression market is one of the most crowded and most competitive out there. You have to be borderline insane to want to get into it. Last I checked, the typical broad keywords you need to turn up in a search are more competitive than broad porn keywords. Literally. It is THAT competitive.

superboyac:
I'm not very surprised.

I've met Burak - the fellow who runs WinRar - and he struck me as a smart business fellow.

The compression market is one of the most crowded and most competitive out there. You have to be borderline insane to want to get into it. Last I checked, the typical broad keywords you need to turn up in a search are more competitive than broad porn keywords. Literally. It is THAT competitive.
-Renegade (January 24, 2013, 08:08 PM)
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So you're saying the portable version made it too easy to pirate?
Since you know the guy, any info about why they have two very different websites for the same product?  ;D

Renegade:
Since you know the guy, any info about why they have two very different websites for the same product?  ;D
-superboyac (January 24, 2013, 09:17 PM)
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I'm not exactly sure, but Burak told me that they had a hard time and failed to get winrar.com as some fellow was squatting on it.

superboyac:
Since you know the guy, any info about why they have two very different websites for the same product?  ;D
-superboyac (January 24, 2013, 09:17 PM)
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I'm not exactly sure, but Burak told me that they had a hard time and failed to get winrar.com as some fellow was squatting on it.
-Renegade (January 24, 2013, 09:19 PM)
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Oh ok.  DOn't know why, but that little question has been nagging me for years!  so ocd. >:(

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