It's Official: ASPack software is Dead

[TmC]

I have just received this email from Aspack Software.

Aspack software has been acquired by Starforce Technologies, Starforce will be developing and integrating them in its prouct line.

Details will be published at the end of August 2007 but for now one thing's certain: Bye bye Alexey

Dear ASProtect user,
 
We  inform you that all the rights for the ASPack Software project are
assigned  to  the StarForce Technologies company from 1st August 2007.
The  acquisition  of  the  rights for ASPack Software product line was
planned  in  the  StarForce's development strategy for 2007-2008. This
acquisition  is  aimed  for the StarForce product line's extention and
strengthening of the company's position in the copy protection market.
StarForce  informs that there won't be any changes in the price policy
in  the  future. Using itis long-term experience, StarForce intends to
develop  and  support  the  ASPack  Software products. More particular
information  about  the  plans  and prospects for this project will be
published on the StarForce official site by the end of August 2007.
 
About StarForce
 
The  StarForce  Company  is the expert in software and digital content
protection against copying and cracking. StarForce is one of the three
leaders  in  the  world  copy  protection  market  and  is the leading
developer  of  protection  tools on Russian multimedia market, already
for many years.
 
Integration  of  StarForce  solutions  into  any software products and
digital  content  allows  applying various schemes of distribution and
its  management.  StarForce  provides a wide variety of reliable tools
for  protection  against  home  copying,  emulation  and  professional
cracking.  The  particular  specialization  of  StarForce  ensures the
development  of  technologically  perfect products, while guaranteeing
high reliability and quality level.
 
The company successfully works on business software and mobile content
market since 2006.

[deroko]

it's more like "welcome StarForce to sharware field" And it isn't bye bye Alexey as he got into bigger company

[TmC]

Originally Posted by deroko

it's more like "welcome StarForce to sharware field" And it isn't bye bye Alexey as he got into bigger company

but i dont think it had a contract....from what i understand, he sold the company and will go gardening, selling bathroom or else :O

[deroko]

at least everybody will be able to unpack StarForce now (ASPack -> SFPack)

[OHPen]

Would be more than stupid if starforce would not combine aspack and asprotect with some of there own features like obfuscation and antidebugg, etc.

I dont think that they will just release the software unmodded, maybe asprotect will now get a push concerning the needed skill level to remove it. There haven't been any changes for quite a long time...

PAPi

[evlncrn8]

well sf5 is meant to be ditching the drivers and going ring3 with heavy vm usage, so i guess that increases files size, so they need a packer.. for 4.8 they used upx, but i guess they either broke something with the gpl license or needed something 'extra'..

[D-Jester]

Originally Posted by TmC

Bye bye Alexey

nope

Originally Posted by http://www.star-force.com/protection.phtml?c=83&id=1097

StarForce assigned the rights for the ASPack Software project

StarForce Technologies Company informs on purchase of the rights to project ASPack Software. The acquisition of the rights for ASPack Software product line was planned in the StarForce¡¯s development strategy for 2007-2008. This acquisition is aimed for the StarForce product line¡¯s extension and strengthening of the company¡¯s position in the copy protection market.

There won¡¯t be any changes in the price policy, in the scheme of sales and technical support in the future. StarForce will carry out the conditions for the bought products without any changes. Products still can be bought by the web-site, and the forum will function without any changes.

ASPack Software products are the file compressor (ASPack) and the systems of software protection of applications (ASProtect §Ú ASProtect SKE). Programs compressed with ASPack are self-contained and run exactly as before, with no runtime performance penalties.

More particular information about the plans of development for this project will be published on the StarForce and ASPack Software official site by the end of August 2007.

¡°Using our long-term experience, we intend to develop and support the ASPack Software products and offer new solutions to our clients based on this purchase¡±, - says Michael Kalinichenko, CEO of StarForce Technologies.

"We have chosen StarForce to sale our project not by accident. We are assured, that the sale to the market lider will bring the new technologies up to our project and will offer much more perfect and convenient product to the users ", - Alexey Solodovnikov, the head of the ASPack Software says.

Thats some bad english, lol

Still feels the the end of an era.
I hated it when Bitarts went under, just because I loved ripping their code apart, same with VBox (Back when it was Preview Systems Inc.)

One things for sure, Armadillo isn't going anywhere nor is SafeDisc. Guess its good of time as any to come back into the scene, been afk with some personal drama.

I think it's not dead
It's another beginning

[jnop]

whats diffrent for us
asprotect or starforce
LoL