Don't get it???!!!

P-Theory
WTF are people complaining about? They have just announced a major product development that opens up new markets. Given a thank you to the existing user base, shown future feature developments (at a price that is miniscule) and yet still people are complaining???

I am in no way endorsed or some weird fanboy but accept the blessing kids!

Some people are never happy but sometimes you need to step back and smell the roses

fresh101
It's like saying "Hey pizza guys, at this years party we're having an all you can eat pizza buffet with unlimited toppings. Plus you taco guys are invited too with tacos all around. Plus cake and ice cream for all."
 
The pizza guys are like " I don't even like tacos, How is that good for me? Waaah! :(
 

Anderton
Then your solution is to go to a place that serves hamburgers, not complain to the pizzeria that they don't serve hamburgers.

P-Theory

What do you want? Blood?

fresh101

tenfoot

Anderton
Then your solution is to go to a place that serves hamburgers, not complain to the pizzeria that they don't serve hamburgers.

At risk of flogging a dead horse, you could say though that what has always been a hamburger store has suddenly decided to serve pizzas, and wants the hamburger guy to get excited about it :)
 
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm the vegetarian guy that doesn't give a rats **** either way:)

I think we're kinda missing the point of the original analogy. So let me clear it up.
Pizza guys= Sonar users on Windows.
all you can eat pizza buffet with unlimited toppings= Unlimited updates
Taco guys can join the party= Mac user getting Sonar
Tacos all round= Sonar on Mac
Ice cream and cake for all= New features and enhancements.
 
I assume everyone here is a Sonar windows user ie Pizza guy. Burgers, hotdogs, chicken on a stick whatever! Switch out whatever you like if it makes you feel better. Point is we all get something pretty cool. Why complain?
 
 
 

SilkTone
Sigh...
 
I wasn't going to say much more on this subject but since people want to keep dragging it out by creating a whole new thread just to complain about other people complaining (the irony)... I'll clear up what happened, at least the way I see it. I'm just speaking for myself here, but I think my reason is the same for many other people that were "complaining". Hopefully people will stop making things up in this thread and coming up with analogies while missing the actual point:
 
There were 3 things announced:

1. Lifetime updates
2. Mac support
3. Future (core) updates/new features

 
Two weeks ago CW set out to create hype about an announcement on June 1, which obviously drew a lot of speculation. Mac support was mentioned many times as a possibility, and many people said it wasn't something they were interested in and that they hope it is something else. However CW went out of their way to ensure those people that it is something they will indeed be interested in. In fact the way it was written on the teaser page, it was clearly pointed out that it is good news for everyone existing SONAR user. So the message was that, just wait for June 1st, you will find out something great that directly affects you.
 
So, the 1st thing was already known almost 2 weeks in advance (did CW really think they can tell some users and it won't get out? No, really, did they think that?). The 2nd thing doesn't affect current SONAR users. The 3rd thing is a slight variation on what we have been getting for 1.5 years now every month - updated/new features. In fact the 3rd thing was also known in advance, since CW said previously while discussing the lifetime membership that they have a new commitment to fixing/improving the core SONAR product. So really I don't quite get what the 3rd announcement gave us that we didn't already knew.
 
So when we heard the announcement on June 1, some of us felt it was a bit of a letdown, given the hype that CW created around this announcement. In essence, there wasn't actually anything new on June 1 for current SONAR users.
 
That said:
 
I think the 1st thing is fantastic. I have no complaints about that. I don't recall other people complaining about this, other than some confusion and concern that it will impact CW negatively. But the actual concept is fantastic for any SONAR user.
 
The 2nd thing is also great, however it doesn't affect most of the current SONAR users. There is a concern that SONAR on PC might become a 2nd class citizen sometime down the line, or that we will now see fewer resources spent on the PC version. However CW has assured us that neither of those will happen, and I'm inclined to believe them.
 
The 3rd thing is also great. It is good to hear that CW is very committed to keep updating/adding features to SONAR.
 
So please, make sure you understand why people were "complaining" before creating a whole new thread about it. It was mostly the way the fevered hype didn't quite live up to what we were led to believe, but that's about it. It was a bit of a downer at that moment, but I'm "over" it and have said previously that I'm happy with SONAR both before and after the "big announcement". It's a much better DAW than it was a few years ago, and looks like it will become even better in the future.