Looks like it just starting selling again!

> Sure would like to read what was the reason(s) for shutting down the sales of
> Hollywood & Designer in the first place.

Quote taken from an (automated) email response received when Hollywood started being available again (Google translation):

"I had the official site temporarily taken offline because too many orders from spambots came."
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.a1k.org/forum/showpost.php?p=794847

This doesn't quite fit the "due to personal reasons" rationale and neither this long 1.5-year non-availability period, though.

But it is available. I've bought a copy myself.

> But it is available.

Yes, as I reported right in this thread about a year ago. However, there was never any public explanation of the temporary non-availability. Hence my posting which contains what could be regarded as such, unless I've got it wrong.

@Andreas_Wolf

Ah, yes. You said it in such a way I misunderstood