For those curious about the Flashpoint connection

Flashpoint was the product name chosen by a person based in Blaine, WA, who went by the name of Harry Hayes (and variations such as "Harry M Hayes" or "Harry Hayes Jr") who approached me suggesting a 50/50 joint venture where a re-branded version of Powerbullet (formerly FvReader) would be marketed by Sausage Software, which Harry had apparently recently acquired. (It subsequently turned out that it was acquired fraudulently.) It should also be noted that it is likely that this was not his real name as a search revealed him to have no US tax records. He is quite possibly operating under a totally different name by now.

After providing the software installer and a pre-generated list of serial numbers, it eventually became clear that I wouldn't be hearing from him again. The product received a 5 star (5 cows) rating at Tucows, and a feature review on CNET's download.com, despite the fact it was still in beta.

Despite not being paid for sales, I continued to provide free support to Flashpoint buyers (without letting on about the swindle as they had bought the product in good faith) until my access was cut. So now Flashpoint buyers were being doubly duped; no chance of an upgrade and no tech support. This probably annoyed me more than any other aspect of the deal. People purchased Flashpoint because of the reputable Sausage Software name behind it. That has been totally destroyed. The site is now a joke. The What's New section is dated 2003.

This information is not simply a gripe. I found him out quite early, some didn't. It's a warning to others.