Okay, I'll pitch in here. I am a professional recording engineer who has been with Cakewalk their entire thirty years of business. We use Cakewalk, but also use ProTools, Cubase and we use Audition to Master. We record everything from Jazz Bands and orchestras to Choirs and solo artists in a wide variety of genres.
1. There are plenty of features and developments left to add to and enhance Cakewalk. It's just a silly statement that any piece of software is ever basically finished with nothing left to add. At the same time any producer/engineer worth their salt could also produce pristine tracks with much less.
2. It's a fallacy that all professional work is done on Macs. We do work on both platforms and all of our work is outstanding.
3. It's ridiculous to give a flip and be angst-ridden that an orphaned piece of kit was resurrected but is now gratis. That mentality displays the poverty of your spirit. You should be thrilled with these developments and hope they bode for a robust future where your kit of choice continues to keep up both in OS compatibility and in features.
Electronic calculators that sell today for $6 or $8, or even for free as an app on smart phones used to have fewer features and sell for $75 - $100. By your lack of reasoning, all of us who purchased calculators in the seventies should suck our thumbs and throw hissy fits.
As someone who makes a great living with these products and a former Gibson lifetime member, once I'm certain the resurrection is not a temporary resuscitation I will be gratefully adding a substantial amount to the online tip jar at BandLab.com.