Apologies if already posted. There are some interesting tidbits.

https://www.reddit.com/r/...ISAK8R&sh=2dc889b3

Definitely puts a slightly different view on it all, and very open discussion. Thanks for sharing the link

Very interesting read for sure. So there you go, an inside look at the last few years. And nothing that suprised me at all. 

Wow, that shed a weird light on things. Not too surprising but oh well...

Yes, very interesting. Thanks for the link!

Sadly interesting.  Thanks for sharing Sharke.

Yeah it kind of made me a little uneasy to read about all the behind the scene tension and conflict but I guess it's nothing unusual in the corporate world. And I get the impression there were a lot of good intentions ruined by poor management. Having said that, important to remember that a) we only have this guy's word that he's from Cakewalk (although it would seem totally weird if he was making it all up) and b) it's just one employee's perspective.

Thumbnail summary: it was bad management. Who'd have guessed?

Hard to say how much stock to place in this, although it has the ring authenticity to it. Having spent 25 years in the corporate world, the tableau this person describes - good work derailed by bad managers, sycophants doing well, great ideas killed by bad implementation, etc -- strikes me as familiar, believable and very common place. 

Here's another comment from the same guy on a different thread, when asked if he would go back in the event that Cakewalk was sold:

"Under the right owner, yes in a heartbeat. Roland, Gibson - neither really "got" Cakewalk, it's customers or software for that matter.

Gibson is under an enormous amount of debt and maybe that will encourage them to sell it but the truth is that Henry J doesn't give a ****. Not about musicians, not about guitars, not about loyal customers, not about his own employees. For all of Roland's quirks they wholly understood the value of what they had and they were truly passionate about music and their employees.

Fingers crossed that the decision makers in Nashville come to their senses and sell it before every user jumps ship. If recent history is any indicator of future behavior then it's dead Jim."

And he had this to say about the possibility of a Microsoft takeover:

"Microsoft would be an interesting fit.

* They already have an office nearby in Cambridge.
* We've worked closely with them for years, recently on the BT MIDI stuff and surface dial support. Noel has a history of nagging them for Audio fixes/improvements. WASAPI .....
* It would create a great opportunity to include SONAR Home Studio with every version of Windows."