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The next Sonar version may very well be a Tascam-branded product...

I doubt it.

I don't think anybody wrote anything about fixing 'all' bugs, but there has to be a certain level that should be deemed acceptable, and some have to be fixed if critical. Not being able to fix 'all' bugs of course is entirely valid as all bugs will never be identified, however it is a weak argument to say it is impossible to fix entirely reproducible bugs over a reasonable period of time

Nowadays it is all about user experience. Support and project managers are now being listened to a bit more and are managing to successfully fend off the marketing dept who keep demanding new features. The days whereby it was acceptable to have longstanding visible bugs for years are now gone.

CakeAlexS

...Nowadays it is all about user experience.

Yup.   And personally, my user experience with X3 has been rather good.  

Same here pretty much... Well it's a big improvement.

X3e has been good to me as well. Very happy with it from the first release. No show-stopper bugs and I'm wrapping-up a 9 song CD project with it that was started in X3c. Any crashes (had maybe 3 or 4) were all projects that involved Kontakt. I don't blame that on SONAR as Kontakt crashes Pro Tools for me as well from time to time.
 
 

X3 has been a great user experience for me.
 
Very happy with X3e.

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Look, Mr. Scott, I'd love to explain everything to you, but the Captain wants this spectrographic analysis done by 1300 hours.
[La Forge goes back to work; Scotty follows slowly]
Scotty: Do you mind a little advice? Starfleet captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. But the secret is to give them only what they need, not what they want.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Yeah, well, I told the Captain I'd have this analysis done in an hour.
Scotty: How long will it really take?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: An hour!
Scotty: Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would *really* take, did ya?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Well, of course I did.
Scotty: Oh, laddie. You've got a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker.

Even I'm not asking for fixing all bugs. 
But lots of minor issues left unfixed can amount to one big issue (showstopper) one day...

@emwhy - here is your quote from above: "Any crashes (had maybe 3 or 4) were all projects that involved Kontakt."
 
Can you please start up a new thread that details your issues with Kontakt?  I use Kontakt all the time, and do not have crashes, so maybe between us we could figure out how to get you past those issues.
 
Thanks, 
 
Bob Bone
 

robert_e_bone
@emwhy - here is your quote from above: "Any crashes (had maybe 3 or 4) were all projects that involved Kontakt."
 
Can you please start up a new thread that details your issues with Kontakt?  I use Kontakt all the time, and do not have crashes, so maybe between us we could figure out how to get you past those issues.
 
Thanks, 
 
Bob Bone
 

I've never had Kontakt crash Sonar yet either. I would guess it may be a problem with a particuilar library or memory pressure.
 
Regards,
Dan