Can anyone explain why cakewalk is still free. I was just exploring other DAWS, and only a few has the full function as cakewalk. What Pro-tool, fruity loop etc. offers for free is not enough for me to settle with them at this stage of the game for me. I need a full loaded DAW as cakewalk to do a hold song/album. If I was to invest in another DAW, and expect the same amount of functionality as Cakewalk, I would have to spend at least $600 dollar. The only thing that I would improve, which is minute, is the sound quality via the pro-channel, for its module. I only use third party plugins, anyway. I just need a DAW to edit, mix, master etc., which cakewalk does.