In a trawl through old emails I came across this. I still remember that day of discovery that started a very long journey..

"Dear Paul
Thank you for pre-ordering Xara X at the Computer Arts Live 2000 show
last month.

Unfortunately, the wait is not over yet, but in the meantime you might
want to take a look at the Xara X beta version which you can download
free of charge from our new website at:
http://www.xara.com/downloads/xarax/

The brush-stroking feature has been disabled but other than that it is
fully functional. Any bug reports are welcomed.

The final release will be available in October 2000, suitable for
Windows 95/98/NT4/2000.

We apologise for the delay.

Kind regards

Danielle Cartwright
Marketing Assistant
Xara Ltd"

I assume that Xara X was Xara Studio 1.0