SUMo and all KC Softwares to close next month.

[hazelnut]

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 Termination notice
KC Softwares activities are to be terminated by end of October 2023.
All products are to be considered as End-Of-Life (EOL) on October 31st 2023.
Sales are stopped.

https://www.kcsoftwares.com

I know SUMo is used by quite a few people including @lmacri

[Orgelnisten]

Why?

[Orgelnisten]

See also:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/kc-softwares-shutting-down/

[hazelnut]

SUMo dev has indicated that he may let Github deal with it.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/sumo-keep-your-software-up-to-date.314623/page-196#post-3162094

[lmacri]

15 hours ago, hazelnut said:

SUMo dev has indicated that he may let Github deal with it.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/sumo-keep-your-software-up-to-date.314623/page-196#post-3162094

Hi hazelnet:

Thanks for the @mention and the link to Kyle Katarn's comments in the Wilders forum.  I've posted that link in Magic66's KC Softwares – Shutting Down in the AskWoody forum so others there are aware that there's still hope that Kyle may allow someone else to take over development of SUMo.

Just FYI, I tried Patch My PC as a possible substitute for SUMo and found this utility was almost useless for me because many of my software programs are portable apps that are located on a removable USB stick, which Patch My PC apparently can't scan when it checks for available updates.  See my 09-Sep-2023 Request for Additional Software and Detection of Portable Apps (vs SUMo) in the Request New Features or Software board of the Patch My PC forum for details.
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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.3324 * Firefox v117.0.0 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.23080.2006-1.1.23080.2005 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.1.280-1.0.2117 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7279 * SUMo Free Portable v5.17.10.542 * Patch My PC v4.5.0.4

[hazelnut]

@lmacri

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ucheck-update-your-software-in-2-clicks.404593/#post-3162761

[lmacri]

4 hours ago, hazelnut said:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ucheck-update-your-software-in-2-clicks.404593/#post-3162761

Hi hazelnut:

Thanks for the link. Good to know that a future release of UCheck will be able to check for updates for portable apps.

I tried UCheck Free Portable v4.10.1.0 today (see my test results in post # 2587348 of Magic66's AskWoody thread KC Softwares – Shutting Down) and it found a significantly higher number of installed programs on my laptop than the 6 programs that Patch My PC was able to detect. I have my fingers crossed that UCheck will be a good replacement for SUMo for me once it's able to scan for portable apps.
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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.3324 * Firefox v117.0.1 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.23080.2006-1.1.23080.2005 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.2.281-1.0.2131 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7279 * SUMo Free Portable v5.17.10.542 * DUMo Free Portable 2.25.4.125 * Patch My PC Portable v4.5.0.4 * UCheck Free Portable v4.10.1.0