I am now a Pro Tools owner J!
Cool.
Before I gave all my recording studio equipment away to my sons, I used Samplitude as my primary recording software. For those of you not familiar with Samplitude, it is 
a very high-quality recording package, used a lot in Europe. I had Samplitude because someone had pity on me early on and gave me a legal copy they were reviewing for a vendor.
Well, for my upcoming podcasts I needed a way to get from my small Mackie mixer (1202) into my computer. Guitar Center had a great sale yesterday (Black Friday) and Rick Chapman at the Nashville Guitar Center spent a little time with me and went through the pros and cons of the various USB interfaces (Thanks, Rick). I ended up purchasing a Digidesign MBOX 2, with Pro Tools and their bonus software packs. This is a very cool interface, and is all I need for the little bit of recording I will be doing now. I spend some of last night downloading Pro Tools 7.4 which supports Vista, and I will get everything installed next week after I return home from Nashville.
The cool thing, and the point I am trying to make, is that for years I have used software that was not well known, and couldn’t exchange files easily with other musicians or studios. Today, I will be able to easily work with most studios because Pro Tools is the standard. I made some really good music with Samplitude, but today I will make really good music with Pro Tools, and not have to spend the calories and effort trying to learn and use something that no one else knows, or can’t interface with.
Its a lot like the suggestions folks make about modeling the behavior of someone who has mastered something you want to learn. If you understand their core beliefs, underlying principles, etc. and can adopt those as your own, then you stand a very good chance of being able to adopt their behavior in a certain area. This is a huge savings in time, and effort, and sometimes make the difference in being successful or not.
For me, adopting Pro Tools will, in the long run, save me much time and effort in working with others. Enough said.
Have fun.
-Ed
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