Leee
As many have pointed out already, this is a user to user forum, with special guest appearances by actual Cakewalk programmers (and other paid professionals who do work on Sonar), and that a "goodbye Sonar" rant is best sent to the programmers, customer service, or tech support, for optimum usefulness.  Complaining to users who already use and enjoy Sonar will only solicit snide comments and (from the "good" people) helpful hints in using Sonar that you may not have thought of.

But generally speaking, when I see someone taking this much time and effort to announce a "software usage suicide", I would ask two things:  1 - Could your negative feelings towards this product cause you to harm yourself or others? and 2 - If so, have you sought out professional counseling to prevent you from harming yourself or others. 

If the problem has not reached that level of emotional turmoil in your life, and is actually (as another poster mentioned) more akin to a "paper or plastic" type of decision, then I would say these types of decisions should be left up to you, to follow your heart and decide what's best.   Otherwise it would be like me standing in a supermarket checkout line, holding up the people behind me, and verbally expressing my personal views on the pros and cons of using either paper or plastic bags to carry my groceries.  While some people in that line may be interested in my views of ecology, environmental concerns, and job retention for lumberjacks and paper mill workers, most people in line would mostly get impatient and angry because they just want to get checked out and get their ice cream home and in their freezer before it melts!

But seriously folks, if the OP would have rephrased the post into a question, "Can Sonar do these things that FL Studios does?"  It would have gone a lot further and been more accepted as a true request in a decision making process, that you have already seemed decided on.
 

 
the GOAL of a rant is to make the product better.   I dont think anyone rants on their first attempt.  I know I haven't.  But after years of the same thing broken?!?!  I feel that deserves a rant.  Why not?

People are too over-sensitive these days.

I thought rants were to make the user better rather than the software.  I've had all kinds of rants over software and it never made any of it better.  OTOH, the rants did keep my head from exploding - at least I'm pretty sure because my head has never exploded.

It's interesting how the same flies land on every pile.
 
It's interesting how the same folks speak up in all of these types of threads.

BobF
It's interesting how the same flies land on every pile.
 
It's interesting how the same folks speak up in all of these types of threads.

Et tu, Brute?
 
Even you, Bob?

telecharge

BobF
It's interesting how the same flies land on every pile.
 
It's interesting how the same folks speak up in all of these types of threads.

Et tu, Brute?
 
Even you, Bob?

All angles are represented.

BobF
 
All angles are represented.

Yep. Some will complain, some will take umbrage, and some will try to mediate.
 
It's the same old song and dance, my friend.

Hey there's nothing like beating a dead horse. Quick someone find that gif.
 
 I understand why the OP went to FL Studio.  It's workflow is great for electronic genres since it's pattern based. But for using Kontakt you have to create a template. Sonar works better for me. Plus VEP is easier to set up in Sonar.
 
 As for old code the last time Sony made an update for Acid Pro was back in XP.  The code survived and still works in W10.
 
 I once was willing to part with Sonar for good because of its cluttered GUI until the X series. 

I think that the core of Sonar is very close to "all you need", at least as a recording studio.
 
There are a few areas that seem to be better addressed by other products. Such as notation based and pattern based composition. 
 
A few competing products also offer arrangement or chord tracks, and scratchpads, for creating musical ideas.  If Cakewalk were to actually listen to the suggestions made and add these features, Sonar could be all you need.
 
As it stands now, nothing wrong with Sonar, but if you really need these other options, it seems you will need to use more than one tool in your workflow.
 
I would be very happy to see all of these features in Sonar one day

I think everyone has their own favorite items and varying matters that bother them.
For me - I loved the colors of 8.5.3 and I loved being able to pick colors for a track - record new clips on that track - and those colors would stay the same as the first clip on the track.  That still bugs me.
 
But if I go to another program, something else will bug me.
 
At least this works and sounds great.  Compared to tape - it saves hours and hours.
 
But at least get the top computers, top SSD drive, have a separate drive for audio files - all the basic top of the line stuff.  
 
I just do not know if everyone can be made happy.  Rambling a little here.

jpetersen
Never touch old code if it ain't broke.
Far newer code in Studio One yet it boots so slow.
Sonar starts in seconds.

not here, they both boot fast enough, although studio one boots noticeably faster, does it matter? not me, just my observation and my experience