. I was equally surprized to see that the latest full version of Ardour isn't free (although you can name your price).
well, its still free! At least for all linux users (just look in the synaptic and install it..).... and yes, for mac you have to pay, but its not much and also, as a mac user, you already decided to pay for a proprietary system, why not also spend some money to the open source world? :) cheers, kris