The Partner will always be around, hopefully bigger. Contrary to popular belief not everyone wants or needs the IP Office which is the upgrade path now from the Magix.

As for the R8 I don't know. They should take the R7 off the market until the bugs are worked out, then maybe bring it back as the R8. Then again it may go the way of the Endeavor which was in a similar position of infamy. The well established R6 can do everything the R7 can do and offers an upgrade path from previous releases. Why bother with two competing products especially since the R7 is such a dud and requires so much work? Cut your loses.

Maybe the R8 should be a software upgrade to the R6 that offers more capacity.

-Hal

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