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Wel lets be honest Lightwave is a vestigial DEAD END on any platform.
Time will tell if "core" can Save Newtek

Yeah, I agree. Actually, if you look at NewTek's entire history you see an excellent example of a company that had so many opportunities to lead the pack, yet screwed up in every possible way.
Core will be an excellent product when it's finished, but that's not going to be for probably two or more years (in spite of the optimism the company tries to portray...), and by then they will have lost many new and even longtime customers.

I would say I doubt they'll ever recover, but I think they will. After all, getting back to fourth or fifth place isn't too difficult, when there are only 4 or 5 competitors. ;-)