Your Gobbler 1.0 files will [now NOT] be deleted after December 1st

That's not a lot of warning,  I can see a lot of people finding their files have been deleted...

Rather an odd way of doing business...

Sell the Promise to the client their data is safe and secure in your "cloud", only to then tell the client they will lose their data if they don't immediately remove it from your cloud...

And how about those threatening emails telling you your free extra space is going away unless you pay to upgrade...

I paid and still received threats!

Strange business model, indeed.

Anyone use SquareSpace?
Now there's a kickin' server company that knows how to scale without interupting their clients workflow.
They even secured their servers after a hurricane brought flooding to their building!
Gobbler might learn a thing or two watching that one...

Looks like I may fall back on my ol' Hightail (YouSendIt) account for cloud storage...

Anyone at Cakewalk have the skinny on what's going on?

Thanks,
MG

When they say that the balance of your unused time will be refunded, I get the feeling that there will be no seemless transition to 2.0 Nobody gives back money unless they see it as a way to get more money. I smell a new feature for X4... Now with Gobbler 2.0!

sharke
Well this all sucks. I hope Cake take out their Gobbler integration from X4. This is from their blog: 
 

• Gobbler 1.0 and Gobbler 2.0 use completely separate databases which means anything you have stored in your Gobbler 1.0 account will not appear in your Gobbler 2.0 account, and vice versa.

• Gobbler 2.0 does not support Windows yet… So, if you are a windows user, or you collaborate with Windows users, you will want to stay on Gobbler 1.0 for now.

So basically: "Despite our earlier promises to keep your data safe, we're going to delete it on December 1. And if you're a Windows user, you're screwed."  

 
They must've hired a bunch of Mac weenies - it's easy for them to forget that Windows is the dominant OS.

I'm thinking this is going to be a black eye for Cakewalk that partnered with them to bring this feature to X3, etc......
I mean, think of the gigs and gigs of audio data, etc. one would have to download back to one's computer to upload back to version 2....
I know I wouldn't want to do that......plus, some people don't have the connection speed or the time to do that...:)
There's a reason why this is called cloud services for a reason:)
 

so can we say that gobbler sucks? b-dum tsh

sharke
I guess the lesson is, never rely on any of these cloud companies.

...and that could be why I don't.  The whole 'cloud' thing made me nervous from the very beginning, but that's just me...
 

Can't we just get the data back from the NSA, through filing Freedom of Information requests?  (kidding)
 
I have thus far had ZERO reliance on cloud-based storage solutions, and that will likely be the case for the foreseeable future.
 
I DO use Gobbler to transfer projects to/from others, but not for any kind of backup solution.
 
I manually back things up and have multiple copies of data, both on-site and off-site, and that has never failed me.
 
Bob Bone
 

I've always been leary using intertube based "cloud" type services for crucial backups because I am generally paranoid and skeptical by nature but after a brief skimming of the OP and some of the followups I gotta say that's some poorly thought out business maneuverings. Generally I've been pretty pleased or outright blown away with Cakewalk's third party affiliation choices and their contributions to the overall package and I get the general impression that it is all very well thought out and intentioned. I also like that there seems to be a focus on some of the extremely high quality underdogs on the market whose products may not otherwise get the recognition they deserve if it weren't for said partnerships. I kind of figured Gobbler, despite me not using them to date, fell into that same category and I'm sure the Bakers must have been inclined to think they were a stable, quality and scrappy upstart but this truly is setting a bad precedent (especially the part about Windows support... WTF?!). Can't win them all I guess but might I suggest Cakewalk consider sending a warning out to all registered customers about this and posting an official stickie on the matter? I've seen quite a few users mentioning they use it and it would be terrible if they lost any data unawares of the situation.
 
Thanks for posting this, sharke and as well to Craig for attempting to follow up with Gobbler. Despite my hesitation and disinclination to use cloud services I had been considering taking advantage of the Gobbler integration or just creating an account and moving my data over to them manually because other services (who shall remain nameless) have proved to be a disappointment themselves as far as sharing and ease of access. Shame on Gobbler for inconveniencing those who took a chance on their service and for sullying Cakewalk's reputation of steering users to quality third party providers... in this case to the point of coding your service RIGHT INTO THEIR PROGRAM!! I can only imagine the ensuing fury at Baker headquarters over this.
Otherwise I hope all are well. I have something brewing in my own demented workshop for my fellow Sonarites. Until then take care and best wishes. PS: Loving the new site layout. I have been watching from afar despite my silence. Cheers.

I hope that there will be a recommended course of action for sonar users :-)

Beepster
I either screwed up my last post or the forum ate it but I wanted to remind everyone that if you have a Gmail account or any google account that you should have access to their Gdrive feature that allows for a semi decent chunk of online storage (15GB I think? Don't quote me on that) but it might be a temporary solution if you do not have any local storage available. I've only used it for non music, non critical purposes so I can't attest to its quality but it seems to work. Cheers.

I use G-Drive and Dropbox quite a bit for collaboration. They work well.  

This smells.
 
Sensing Gobbler's relationship with his server company has soured as well as with CW. There's no legitimate reason for them to have to delete everyone's data and start over, unless it's being held hostage.

Beepster
I've always been leary using intertube based "cloud" type services for crucial backups because I am generally paranoid and skeptical by nature but after a brief skimming of the OP and some of the followups I gotta say that's some poorly thought out business maneuverings. Generally I've been pretty pleased or outright blown away with Cakewalk's third party affiliation choices and their contributions to the overall package and I get the general impression that it is all very well thought out and intentioned. I also like that there seems to be a focus on some of the extremely high quality underdogs on the market whose products may not otherwise get the recognition they deserve if it weren't for said partnerships. I kind of figured Gobbler, despite me not using them to date, fell into that same category and I'm sure the Bakers must have been inclined to think they were a stable, quality and scrappy upstart but this truly is setting a bad precedent (especially the part about Windows support... WTF?!). Can't win them all I guess but might I suggest Cakewalk consider sending a warning out to all registered customers about this and posting an official stickie on the matter? I've seen quite a few users mentioning they use it and it would be terrible if they lost any data unawares of the situation.
 
Thanks for posting this, sharke and as well to Craig for attempting to follow up with Gobbler. Despite my hesitation and disinclination to use cloud services I had been considering taking advantage of the Gobbler integration or just creating an account and moving my data over to them manually because other services (who shall remain nameless) have proved to be a disappointment themselves as far as sharing and ease of access. Shame on Gobbler for inconveniencing those who took a chance on their service and for sullying Cakewalk's reputation of steering users to quality third party providers... in this case to the point of coding your service RIGHT INTO THEIR PROGRAM!! I can only imagine the ensuing fury at Baker headquarters over this.
Otherwise I hope all are well. I have something brewing in my own demented workshop for my fellow Sonarites. Until then take care and best wishes. PS: Loving the new site layout. I have been watching from afar despite my silence. Cheers.

This is a very astute post with a very well thought out point of view. 
 
Beep I knew we were missing something. I just couldn't put my finger on it. Now I know. Your posts are being missed.
 
BTW I have to agree with every point in that post. I also wont trust third party storage. 

Seth Kellogg [Cakewalk]

lawp
can we get some cakewalk insight into this? will it affect the gobbler integration?

The Gobbler Control Bar Module won't work since it relies on talking with the local client. It'll unfortunately be broken in X3 until the new Windows client is released.

I've got about 50GB of projects I need to grab and backup myself. . . Not fun. 

I'm curious Seth as to know when things like this happen with partners, does Cakewalk talk to the company to try fix things and continue their partnership with them knowing with future foresight, they might break something else baked into Sonar?
Or does Cakewalk just end their contract with the company and walk away with a bruised eye and try to find better companies that won't break features in Sonar???
Thanks..