Rob, I don't know but I would think that Cake can bake in confidence since they don't have an external clock ticking; ie, we have to have this, that and whatnot done by the yearly release date. Cake can simply work on something and make sure it works and then put it out in a regularly scheduled release. If that is the case, it makes a case for monthly releases. If they don't squeeze all the bugs out of something new, they just wait a month.
Of course, we'll really see when Cake starts putting out new paid software with internal due dates etc. - Beatscape Pro, Pultec soft EQ, or whatever they will release for money.
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