Just hitting the news yesterday, Native Instruments and Izotope owners GmbH have entered preliminary insolvency!
Could this mean the end of Kontakt and the other obvious audio instruments and tools they champion???
Full article here: Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency - CDM Create Digital Music
Just chipping in with a point that [I think, Les, made on CYHMN] virtual machines are a godsend for archaic and defunct software. I’ve worked at McLaren’s skunkworks division and they wre buying up all of a certian Compaq laptop as the software for the F1 roadcar was reliant on them, it was pointed out that they could package the machine image up and run it on a VM and prevent future pain. Amusing that cars selling for £20m were reliant on ebay laptops.
For those that are worried about things dying and being lost, I’d have a look at VMWare player, you can back your system up as it is today and keep a secure copy of it in multiple locations, preventing loss of functionality. It might be a miore clunky workflow, but it is a secure option. Worth bearing in mind Fusion and Workstation | VMware
Yeah, time to switch to Audiomodern Soundbox… native access was a huge PITA anyways… always kept it on a separate computer never put it on my working rig. I use the witches’ (cough cough) 
version on my working rig but every library I use I own legit.
Nice video from Tim Exile - NI is about to blow up… in a GOOD way
