Optimism after heartbreaking news

Been using sonar since pro audio 9, and for me this is the BEST MIDI/Sequencing DAW ever made. I am optimistic though that the folks who run cakewalk would break off and start a new company to keep Sonar (or whatever name they use) alive and intact. I'm not giving up hope...maybe another big DAW company can aquire them? I dont know the specifics of the news and what it entails...but such a company cannot just die off into oblivion nowadays, especially the technological advances they have contributed for the PC recording world...

If the Cake crew split off and develop another DAW they would have to start from scratch and wouldn't be able to copy a lot of the code they did before. Gibson owns the code and any patents in it. I have a sneaky feeling Gibson may sell the code and patents to Microsoft, who are creating a new DAW interestingly. Very interestingly when you consider the recent cooperation between Cakewalk and Microsoft. MS want something to compete with Mac's Logic Pro. So who knows, that could be based on Sonar.

boinkeee2000
Been using sonar since pro audio 9, and for me this is the BEST MIDI/Sequencing DAW ever made. I am optimistic though that the folks who run cakewalk would break off and start a new company to keep Sonar (or whatever name they use) alive and intact. I'm not giving up hope...maybe another big DAW company can aquire them? I dont know the specifics of the news and what it entails...but such a company cannot just die off into oblivion nowadays, especially the technological advances they have contributed for the PC recording world...

Maybe the Cakewalk employees will rise up and save the day. There are lots of employee owned businesses that do very well because the employees are invested in the success of the company - which, to them, means making the CUSTOMERS happy. Of course they want to (and should) make a profit but they seem to understand that the
company's financial well being is derived from the customers who appreciate the quality of its products, services and employees. The mentality of the large corporations is extremely anti-employee and, to a slightly lesser degree, anti-customer -- it's all about making Wall Street happy and attracting the investors with artificial growth and earnings reports. They show a higher profit on stagnant or declining revenue by lowering expenses - translated, that means screwing the employees and the customers. Guaranteed, if revenue increases, little (if any) of the gain ever reaches the employee or the customer.
 
I apologize for the rant.... I recently left the business world after 50 years. I guess I have some lasting resentment about the corporate greed I've seen and been affected by especially over the last 20 years :-) I REALLY feel for the Cakewalk employees because I've been through a number of "restructures", "resource balancing" or whatever else you want to call the calculated and soul-less corporate strategy moves. Keep the faith... it's no fun now but you'll land on your feet.
 
 

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