I'm guessing Alien Blue, as great as it is (I paid for it years ago!), was built on a foundation in need of major refactoring. They probably made the call that

I'm guessing Alien Blue, as great as it is (I paid for it years ago!), was built on a foundation in need of major refactoring. They probably made the call that many of us think about doing - though we rarely do it - of throwing everything out and starting from scratch, building from the ground up with all the past lessons learned. If so, I think the ultimate measure of their success will be speed of iteration. Even if it doesn't include everything alien blue has today in, say, 6 months, it will likely introduce plenty of other nice features, and for many users will be either a wash or nicer and more stable. I'm curious to see what happens!