I've been here since Pro Audio too.
that's the DAW that sucked me in to using Cakewalk Products.
I will continue to use Sonar as it is right now. Still works fine. There's just not going to be any updates, unless someone jumps in and buys Cakewalk.
With all the threads that have been posted today, No one removed your thread. Its the forum software, it removes my posts quite often to be honest.