Generally I am not given to making comments in this type of thread as I find them pretty tedious and mostly unproductive. What I will say however, is that given these straitened times,
we are fortunate that Xara is still in the game, which says a lot about their business acumen.
It is up to the consumer to decide if they want to support Xara or not, and it is for Xara to decide how to market their product. Although I'm not enthralled by Xtreme 5,
there are a lot of good improvements, even if they aren't revolutionary.
Until the financial situation improves, Xara are probably in the best position to adopt the best strategy to ensure its survival, despite the disappointment that this may cause to customers.
If this is the biggest concern that we members of Talkgraphics face then we must consider ourselves fortunate. Xtreme is still a great piece of software, which is why we are (mostly) all still using it.
Saludos,
Bob.