Well... I got an email response from Behringer as a result of my letters to them. Unfortunately I can't copy it because it has one of those disclaimers on it.
The response did say that it is still active. Other than that, they couldn't tell me anything... their reasons were a mile long and sounded like typical corporate talk. Who knows...
They keep records... he noted that it was February 28th 2006 at 11:40 PM (Germany time), that he provided the detailed product description to their product development committee. So it hasnt been quite a year.