Freddie say it isn't so...
I feel your pain though, and have felt it before.
Being able to deal with your eCommerce customers efficiently seems to be a pre-requisite that Cakewalk have had difficulties with for quite few years now.
An impending release shouldn't be an excuse, it should be a reason they are on top of it just now.
I hear about as often as I see posts like this how much the system has improved over the last few years.
<sigh>