Yes, exactly. My idea is basically taking the best features of the automation systems in FL, Logic, and even synths like Massive, Absynth and Alchemy (some of those may admittedly be somewhat overkill, I'm just throwing my ideas around), and rolling it all into Sonar. With a few twists, like, I don't know of any DAW that lets you select minimum and maximum value directly inside the automation lane.
I have yet another suggestion: each automation lane should have a dedicated MIDI learn function, which would work completely separately from ACT. Or, in other words, which would work.