If it's any consolation (?), Cinema 4D R10 has been on a 'randomly disappearing' spree as well.  One must wonder if all of this new support (x64, Vista, Universal Binary Xcode, dual-core cpus) might have something to do with the sudden rash of instablities.

In a bitter sense, I feel that the blame belongs to either the OS or the hardware.  I've never seen an application just poof vanish on Windows without an error dialog - until recently!  Conditions like this should (and I'll emphasize slightly) NEVER occur.  My gut feeling is that the current OSs are forsaking stability for features, so-called 'security', and so on.  I can't imagine that the product developers are being lazy or irresponsible - just baffled (as I am in this regard).  If the underlying systems are instable, how can one expect the overlaying systems to be any more?

In this, Mr. Gates and Jobs (i.e.: Microscrap and Appal) should be taken to task for creating this abysmal situation.  We often reminisce about the rock-solid behavior of previous Cinema 4D and Poser (4/PP) versions.  Now we must do the same for the current OSs - unfortunately this seems to extend to the older (but constantly being patched) OSs.

I can't knowledgeably speak on the reasons why there is a sudden flurry of vanishing apps.  Let's hope that these 'controllers of destiny' get their acts together and resolve this before it deteriorates further.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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