Is Cranky Dead?

Many of you are aware of Cranky, the first age relevant search engine. I have used it at demonstrations and workshop presentations for over a year. Beginning in October 2008, I could no longer get any results from a search. I tried it on several computers but to no avail. Finally, I submitted a questions to Cranky (Eons), and after several weeks this is the response:

"Thank you for writing to the Eons Help Team. Currently, the Help Team is experiencing an unusually high number of help requests. We are sorry for the delay in getting back to you and really appreciate your patience.

Eons is contemplating how best to use the Cranky.com site, but for the time being we have temporarily suspended its functionality. We apologize for the inconvenience. I will forward your desire to use the search engine to our Product Team. Thank you for your message!"

So, in my opinion not a great way to run a search engine! What do you think? Should they bring Cranky back?