joeb1cannoli
How many guitarists play Strats because of Jimi Hendrix or Les Pauls because of Jimmy Page.

Rob[atSound-Rehab]
It's all about perception IMHO. pro tools is what you typically find in a big name studio (the few that are left). Sonar typically resides on a laptop in a corner of a bedroom.
 
That's the perception, but evidence that it's not far from the truth is given by Cakewalk themselves, see eZine 2016.08 ... which was a fairly striking revelation: top 2 are non-interfaces, #3 and #4 are consumer interfaces with plenty of documented quirks, pro audio interfaces come in at #5 and thereafter (I wish they would have listed percentages)
 
#1: ASIO4ALL ASIO4ALL was used for far more sessions than any other output option. Maybe it’s because a lot of people are using laptops, or maybe it’s because they don’t have a proper interface, but suffice it to say no one expected that ASIO4ALL would hit #1.
#2: Realtek High Definition Speakers Yes, this option is #2 and begs the same questions as above. Maybe this is a laptop world.
#3: Focusrite USB 2.0 Audio Driver When it comes to actual audio interfaces, Focusrite rules with more “output share” than any other audio interface. But nipping on its heels, you’ll find....
#4: Roland Octa-Series Interfaces These hardy perennials continue to be the interface of choice for quite a few SONARians.
#5: RME Fireface USB Whether analog, SDPIF, or ADAT outputs, the FireFace is a workhorse—in fact Fireface fans are the most prolific users of the ADAT outputs. (However note that overall, the USB flavor predominates: Cakewalk Analytics confirm that FireWire is definitely in its twilight years, at least for SONAR users.(
#6: MOTU MOTU’s line of interfaces holds a solid position in the middle of the pack, particularly in terms of audio outputs although there are quite a few people using S/PDIF outputs as well.
 

Anderton

The Grim
as to the pro tools boasting about track freeze yada yada, you might say sonar is now boasting about ripple editing, but wait on reaper has had that for years, see what i mean? so what? sonar users also made a big who har about the new routing in sonar, reaper has had superior routing than sonar for years, and some would say still has, so what? (i'm no pro tools fan, and reaper isn't my main daw, just saying)

Then again, people aren't going into Reaper forums or Pro Tools forums and saying "Why don't you guys have Mix Recall? Why do I have to pay $300 for a vocal alignment tool when SONAR has one built in? SONAR does DSD import/export, I deal with Japanes clients, when are you guys going to get with the program? Why do I have to record an entire session at 96 kHz just to make two or three synths sound better...SONAR has had that for two years? Why do your programs do such a crappy job of importing Acidized files? And why can't you edit them to make them better? Why don't you have ARA integration, like SONAR and Studio One? Why isn't your Drum Replacer as good as SONAR's? SONAR's step sequencer has all these automatable functions, why don't you? And why do I have to ReWire Live into your program - SONAR has a Matrix view? I can't generate tab from your program, either. I still have DirectX plug-ins, SONAR lets me use them and you guys don't?" 
 
When you look at it from this perspective, I think Cakewalk has done a terrible marketing job of SONAR's advantages. So there are all these people who don't use SONAR doing negative marketing, and SONAR users doing positive marketing because they really like the program - but only in this forum, because they're too busy making music to go into other forums and complain about what other programs don't do that SONAR does 

Steve_Karl

PJH
I have to say that I'm becoming a bit pi**ed off at the general perception of SONAR.

Sounds to me like you care about what other people think. Eliminate that and the problem is gone. :-)

Chris J
I went to a Recording 101 seminar last week (I'm new to the world of DAWs, Im an analog guy from way back) the instructor said he liked to show his clients that he had Pro Tools, then he would usually use Cubase. Interestingly enough, he used Sonar Platinum in his presentation!

JohanSebatianGremlin
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe a file created in a text editor, should open just fine in pretty much any other text editor. That's not the case with DAW project files, so collaboration becomes an issue, or at the very least an additional challenge, when your friends are on a different platform.