thanks Acorn for digging out Charles Moir's commments and the reference from 2007

it seems clear from this that Xara GmbH are the cloud, and 'Xara of old' is now part of 'a german software company', Magix presumably; that has been my understanding ever since Xara GmbH was set up, but the status of the desktop development ongoing has never been made clear here on TG

Quote Originally Posted by browj2 View Post
Once again, false information.
sorry John, but if you have info that contradicts Magix owning at least part of Xara, perhaps you could share it ?

I recall Matt Bolton stating that 'Magix do not own Xara' but I am sure her was referring to Xara GmbH - no doubt if that is wrong he will drop by and put the record straight

Also I was very careful to stress that xara product never became mainstream, which is not a statement of failure in itself - lots of good apps are not, and that 'it' has now changed direction [again];

I would agree that is not 'commercial failure'