Ray,
Who says your memory is failing you?!? I have several machiines that have this client and as of yet not seen any issue that prompts me to discontinue them. Some machines are remote, so getting to them is nearly impossible.
Since the client will not be discontinued, DNet is telling me that the work they do is valid, which is my greatest concern. Since that is not an issue, I choose to continue to use them (not on new assimilations, I use client 8010 for that, I just choose not to downgrade those clients).
I don't reccomend people go out and find client 8011, I just inform them that the issue that caused 8012 to be discontinued is not valid with 8011.
Jay