Effective October 8th 2013, iTAP mobile RDP apps for iOS, Mac OS X and Android platforms are discontinued.
We will continue to support the customers who have installed this app up to this date but the app will no longer be available at the application stores and no further updates will be released.
We recommend you evaluate the new Microsoft Remote Desktop app available in app stores later this month.
Thank you for using iTAP mobile RDP.
Regards,
iTap mobile team"
Anyone that used the iTap version may find some very similar interface design and an amazingly identical feature set (iTap was the only iOS and Android RDP client with RemoteFX support for instance - something this new MS client heavily touts).
I haven't seen official statement to this effect, it's just the timing, design, and feature set (like MS suddenly having an iOS, Android, and new OS X client) seem way too coincidental.
Edit: The new OS X app doesn't appear to share the code base of the old one, as the new one exports/imports actual PC .rdp configuration files whereas the original MS RDP client for OS X also makes ".rdp" files - but they're not in a format compatible with Windows Remote Desktop client or vice versa.
Edit:
Microsoft confirms it bought the new code base from iTap:
http://itap-mobile.com/itap-rdp
"Important Update
Effective October 8th 2013, iTAP mobile RDP apps for iOS, Mac OS X and Android platforms are discontinued.
We will continue to support the customers who have installed this app up to this date but the app will no longer be available at the application stores and no further updates will be released.
We recommend you evaluate the new Microsoft Remote Desktop app available in app stores later this month.
Thank you for using iTAP mobile RDP.
Regards, iTap mobile team"
Anyone that used the iTap version may find some very similar interface design and an amazingly identical feature set (iTap was the only iOS and Android RDP client with RemoteFX support for instance - something this new MS client heavily touts).
I haven't seen official statement to this effect, it's just the timing, design, and feature set (like MS suddenly having an iOS, Android, and new OS X client) seem way too coincidental.
Edit: The new OS X app doesn't appear to share the code base of the old one, as the new one exports/imports actual PC .rdp configuration files whereas the original MS RDP client for OS X also makes ".rdp" files - but they're not in a format compatible with Windows Remote Desktop client or vice versa.
Edit: Microsoft confirms it bought the new code base from iTap:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2053689/microsoft-taps-itap-...