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Very true...    I wonder if any of the major DAWs resemble their ancestors from a decade + ago.  
 
As to the OP, it seems like a fairly random request to specifically have a PA9 license included with new SONAR purchases.   Not with SONAR 1, which was the major transition point from PA, but SONAR X3 all this time later...   I also have to wonder how many users would actually prefer any version of PA over SONAR X (or even 8.5).

You see - PA is a MIDI composer software. It barely had grasp of DirectX plugins, no VST support. By all means - it is kinda objectively worse than CW2-CW3 but still pretty solid for pure midi workstation software. 

Oh, I know what PA9 is/was.  I'm just trying to imagine the (very?) limited target audience that something like this might reach...    But hey, this is the Features & Ideas forum so anything goes!  
 
 

SF, maybe you can get someone to trade you a copy of PA9 for.your copy of X3. Then get a PC with the os to run it and your good to go.

And I am trying to help by giving you ideas to try. I loved PA9. Stayed with it till I finally upgrade my os and then went with Sonar 5, and haven't looked back.