LOL, Larry my friend, your paranoia and persecution complex are showing. Early invitations were randomly selected and the emails are automatically generated. Even the CW people don't know who's getting them. There are valid reasons for this graduated rollout. It's not favoritism, trust me. 

bitflipper
LOL, Larry my friend, your paranoia and persecution complex are showing. Early invitations were randomly selected and the emails are automatically generated. Even the CW people don't know who's getting them. There are valid reasons for this graduated rollout. It's not favoritism, trust me. 

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....chances are...

Call it what you want...it is what it is...and I'm not the only one who sees it my friend...

Of course the Cake-ites will say that...I'd expect nothing less...

I think you even had to sign up to get the "invitation" for early release.  It was on the website somewhere stating to sign up with your email address if you wanted to have a chance at the early release.  I did sign up....but after a day or so I went ahead and purchased it from JRRShop.  Then two days later, I get the email for the early release offer.  I had to decline since I've already paid for it elsewhere.

 
It may be a matter of most (if not all) of those who volunteered being chosen.
 

cclarry
 
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....chances are...

 
...it's a new stomp box designed by me?...
 

 
I call it the Fudd Hole screamer....
 

Royal Yaksman

cclarry
 
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....chances are...

 
...it's a new stomp box designed by me?...
 

 
I call it the Fudd Hole screamer....
 

Looks like mine 

cclarry
I'm waiting...

Not because I  have to....but because I don't like this
"selective early upgrade" policy...it's not fair to "paying" customers
to selectively allow "privileged" users to upgrade first while "others" have
to wait...that's very POOR business practice...and very poor
BUSINESS PERIOD.

A fair and level playing field says either

A) everyone gets it now
B) everyone gets it later

But, since Cakewalk is now a "Club" with Membership dues and all,
rather then an "actual" DAW,  I guess, as with ALL clubs,
the "higher ups" get the privileges...while us low lifes get the
dregs....

To further confirm your paranoia let me say, "haha I got it and you didn't. I'm better than you are".

cclarry
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....chances are...

Chances are it's one of Larry's posts.
 
It a great and often used analogy,  the problem here is that it looks nothing like a duck.
 
 

Paul P
 It may be a matter of most (if not all) of those who volunteered being chosen.
 

If you're referring to the Hosts then I can say I didn't get it.
If you're referring to those who volunteered to beta test the download system by signing up with their email,  it was picked at random from those that signed up and I didn't get that either.

Karyn

Paul P
It may be a matter of most (if not all) of those who volunteered being chosen.

 
If you're referring to the Hosts then I can say I didn't get it.

 
I was referring to everyone.

If you're referring to those who volunteered to beta test the download system by signing up with their email,  it was picked at random from those that signed up and I didn't get that either.

Fair enough.  I had the impression that those who wanted to step up to the plate were welcomed to do so.

Not a power user or anything, I received an email last Thu with an invite to purchase...don't know why.