Hey, if it works for you, use it until you can't anymore!  That could easily be five or more years- depending on Microsoft.  In my case I HAVE to maintain a legacy copy because I have 15 years and 1600 or so songs on this software!  There's also a chance someone may acquire the rights to the code and re-start it.  I'm not freaking at all, just crossing my t's.  I'll probably get Studio One especially if they throw a righteous bone our way. 

Already had Reaper installed, and haven't updated since April 2016, so jumping ship seems logical to my situation. Have been able to customise Reaper so it's pretty close to Sonar visually. Currently migrating released projects over to Reaper so I have the option to remix and re-release in future, and finding my way around in Reaper.

The only thing I miss is the Pro Channel, but I'll continue to use the Sonar plugins and softsynths I already have.

BobF
Hysteria?  Flying about all over the place? Dumb deals?
 
Seriously?

 
Nothing like a bit of hyperbole eh? 
 
I don't see anything wrong with buying an alternative piece of software to run alongside Sonar, if that's what you want to do. How is that 'jumping ship'?

I will continue using Sonar, but as it is the software my income is based on I will rather start learning a possible new system earlier than wait for the moment the Cakewalk servers go down or a Windows update stops Sonar from working.

Well, I'm glad the OP is a voice of reason. Initially I had this ugly sinking feeling in my gut and I still cringe at the idea of having to export wav's and miditracks and reassemble them in another DAW. I'm not even talking about learning curves. However, I'll take a year to look at alternatives. In the past years I've tried stuff like Reaper and didn't like it, simply because it wasn't Sonar. I'll take a year to get used to the idea that there are more ways than one to get things done. A year to loosen up my mind.
 
Still wish for someone to continue Sonar.

We will also continue with SONAR for the next time.
But we keep an eye on other DAWs and test them.
We only jump to an other DAW if the DAW is really better for our workflow.
I'm working since 22 years with SONAR.

There will be lots of fairly new users like myself who will have wasted money buying another years subscription for updates they now wont receive. Im glad i didnt upgrade to a more expensive version. I feel sorry for the staff and dont ever want to buy anything from gibson in the future. I wont buy again from a company that takes peoples money for something they cant supply. Thankfully using Sonar for a year has made me able to understand cubase as well so i can use that instead. The forum here has been really good. I think being adaptable is the way forward for me and I will be wary of subscription models.

I know it's a bit late to bang on about this again....   Sonar was NOT a subscription.  If it were a subscription it would stop working NOW.  It was pay-by-instalments.  You BOUGHT the license, not rented it. As such it will continue to keep working.

Karyn
I know it's a bit late to bang on about this again....   Sonar was NOT a subscription.  If it were a subscription it would stop working NOW.  It was pay-by-instalments.  You BOUGHT the license, not rented it. As such it will continue to keep working.

It does not matter either it stop now, in one year or in 5. As long as current version is bound to online authorization, it IS A SUBSCRIPTION, for the lifetime of the authorization service. And at the moment, the length of that "lifetime" is no longer infinity.
 
The "membership" is over, as clear stated in the official announcement. While  we have bought the license, the license is not and never was on our computers. We have only possibility to authorize, not the license itself. Many people are asking to give us our licenses, because since the announcement, there is no trust in the treasure where these licenses are kept currently.

My product would have worked as it was in October without paying for another years updates . Yes perhaps subscription is the wrong word. But I paid for updates for a year which will no longer happen so Ive wasted money however you look it. I was receiving emails from cakewalk up until last week asking me to come back to sonar (even though id already paid).