Well... speaking as the owner of about 10 Gibson guitars (from my one owner 1968 Les Paul Custom to my one owner 1988 ES-335 Dot Neck), multiple generations of Tascam/Teac studio electronics, and Cakewalk Software since the early DOS days through Sonar Platinum current update, I am abhorred at the incompetence of Gibson Corporate management. Their production guitars are at an all time low (paint chips, stepped bindings, wood flaws, strange sounds), the illegal importing of woods that led to an actual raid by federal agents, and now this bizarre purchase of Cakewalk only to shut it down... I've had enough. There are plenty of great guitars being made by other manufacturers... my ancient, 1970s Teac 3311 still can record a good 15ips half track... and I'll use my current Sonar Platinum version until I arrive at a suitable replacement. I don't want to make another penny for Gibson while it remains in the hands of Henry Juszkiewicz and his anti-musician gang of Harvard MBAs... and meanwhile, I would certainly avoid Gibson stock if I were and investor -- if Guitar Center goes Chapter 11 in 2018, Gibson will likely be a casualty!

TwangGuru
  if Guitar Center goes Chapter 11 in 2018, Gibson will likely be a casualty!

If Guitar Center goes Chapter 11 in 2018 there will be many casualties, including musicians, in both the short and long term.  Once GC's bankers/creditors decide they'll will be satisfied to recoup 50 cents on the dollar there will be very few instruments of any type sold by either manufacturers or other dealers until that massive inventory is liquidated at bargain basement prices.  There will be very few left standing when that process is over, and that hurts us all.