Amazing how you read all sorts of inferences into things. Did I ever accuse you personally of anything? You wanna talk about jumping down someones throat? In your post you instantly jumped down mine. If you can't understand the principle for paying for what you use, thats not my problem. I never claimed to be "shining knight", but you seem more than happy to proclaim me one. With the ignorance that you exude with your first post, how could someone not say something?
And where did all this crap about the amount of time that Steinberg puts into their programs come from? I don't care how much time they did or didn't put into their program, nor how much any other company does. All I care about is how it sounds, how well it works, what features it has etc... Cubase SX is a very full featured and mature application. In general, Fruity Loops has not been that way. It was never meant to have been that way. Thats great that it is cheap, thats great that you get free updates, and thats great that it works for you. However, Fruity Loops is not enough for me and many other engineers out there. It doesn't offer the right features, it doesn't have the right feel, and no, it doesn't have "the name". If someone out there pays more for a program with features they don't need, who's fault is that? It's the consumers fault for not doing the research. I personally love using Cubase SX. However, I do not reccomend it for everyone. In fact, I even tried Cubase SL before moving to SX, but decided i did need the extra features. Cubase SE is only $100. I think thats a fair price in any market for what you get.
Maybe next time before you start accusing people of being crusaders, you ought to take a good look at yourself. I know that I personally have made mistakes, I know that I am not perfect, but at least I am willing to admit it instead of trying to pretend that either those negative traits don't exist or that they are somehow righteous and justifiable.
want to buy a car stereo?