Thank you Meng for the reassurance and thoughtful post. As you can see, many of us our very delighted to see Sonar moving forward and it's continuing development. 
 
Congrats/thank you for the acquisition and welcome to the Cakewalk forums.....one of the best online communities!!  

I didn't read a word (I'll do that soon), just knew right now.
 
But... THAT'S GREEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..\D
 
That's a hat-tip from the losguy
 

Good luck for the future of SONAR and to all the 'Bakers'! 

Best news of the year!
I'm especially happy to hear that Noel is in the team.
 
Long live SONAR or whatever your name will be!
A DAW formerly known as SONAR.

GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT NEWS !

Welcome Meng, and welcome back Noel.

If the months and years ahead are half as good as your introduction letter, I suspect we'll be very good friends indeed. Those of us who have stuck with and fallen in love with Sonar over the years have recently had a very sobering realisation as to what is on offer elsewhere, and frankly, it is bleak compared to what this DAW and this vibrant community has become. It was always forward thinking and pioneering - and now it seems even more vision and drive will be added to it.

I am personally really, really looking forward to NOT worrying about other DAWs for a long long time. Phew! :O)

This is good news.
I've been working with a couple other DAWS since the announcement of Cakewalk folding and I've got to say, they just don't stack up. Other opinions may vary, but for me, Sonar is just the right fit.   

Funny, yesterday I notice how this forum was just at a all time low for posts and participants. I've taken to posting questions in Software because that's been the only active sub  forum. There seems to be about 5 of us left here yesterday and I was seriously thinking of giving up on this forum myself . Look at all the people replying to this thread. Most I don't recognize as regulars. 
So we hit bottom yesterday and here we go again, it's all uphill from here. 
 
I can just see all those defectors returning now :)  

Absolutely fantastic news!