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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jun 11, 2012 at 05:55 PM
P.S. To not sound overtly negative, I would reconsider my approach if the announced roadmap improvements were included in this version along the way. But I won;t hold my breath.
Posted by Jon Polish
Jun 11, 2012 at 06:36 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Anybody participating in the Kinook forums is welcome to point to this thread.
Already done. See http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=5016
I use UR extensively and have found it to be a wonderful tool. Like others have indicated, I was flabbergasted that Kinook considers this a major upgrade.
Jon
Posted by Thomas
Jun 12, 2012 at 12:00 AM
>> just grew impatient with the slow growth in income from UR and have tried to turn it into a cash goat*.
It’s just a small percentage of users who actually upgrade regularly (I wouldn’t be surprised if majority was still using UR1 and 2), not even a goat it is. I’d guess Kinook just looked at the calendar and found it’s long time since v4.
Posted by Gorski
Jun 12, 2012 at 01:28 AM
I don’t think it’s a major upgrade and I don’t think it’s worth $50, but I can feel for a developer who realizes a product he’s worked on for years is unlikely to ever be a big moneymaker. Kinook has had employees in the past but I don’t think it’s much more than a one-man operation. A few years ago Kinook announced it was going to stop development on Ultra Recall, only to retract that almost immediately.
I also use Clipmate, which hasn’t been updated for years. I had assumed, without evidence, that the programmer, Chris Thornton, made enough from developing it that he didn’t need to bother working on it anymore. Instead, this is what Thornton said recently in a forum post after a user unhappy with the lack of development threatened to release his license key as a torrent for any and all to use.
Thornton:
> ... please realize that while my priorities have shifted (can’t make a living at this anymore) ... it’s posts like this that keep me from spending any time in this forum. I probably should have shut it down long ago.
I do keep working on ClipMate when I can. But days like this make me wonder why.
I’m guessing Kinook is in the same situation.
Posted by Gorski
Jun 12, 2012 at 01:28 AM
The URL for that comment from Thornton: http://www.thornsoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=15815