No I didn't "cave in". My business requires me to have the latest and most varied stuff for my clients to avail themselves of. If someone comes in with tracks done in ST3 I need to have it on my DAW as well, just in case. Plus for me, as I've alluded before, it's a tax write off. I was never planning to NOT upgrade...well, unless they'd charged a really obscene amount of money. But I've only taken issue with the constant promising then rescinding those promises for years and at a dizzying rate. We'll see what all these years has brought us in the new and improved ST3...but so far...it doesn't look like much. I'll keep ya posted.