emarkay - wow. I had no idea about any of this. I guess (to my own detriment) that I sometimes tend to fumble along a bit thinking life (and these products) are a little less connected than they actually are. In some ways, I guess I also came to the scanning/tuning scene a bit too late to get a feel for all of the history, as well.
At this point, I can only assume you're talking about LS1-Edit and/or the HP tuners guys. I would think they may be more alike than different, especially considering how close the UI is on both programs. HPTuner's software looks like a 'finished' version of LS1-Edit.
Regardless - I'm hanging here. Paul has been very good to me and offered me great help and assistance when I was working on my trace analyzer program (that I've since stopped development on - EFILive is quickly getting the featureset I was originally after) and I figure it's best to support someone who is doing it better than anyone else, anyways.
Well, I'm sure I'm speaking for everyone in that we are anxiously awaiting the beta program. Thanks for the 'update'. It was pretty cool reading if for nothing else than the context. I can see why you guys work so hard on the software - it definitely sets you apart from the crowd.
Code on.