How do I add FCPX to the dock? and the Furore over FCPX

I already have FCP Studio on the Dock but when I try to drag FCPX to the Dock too it will not stay in place. I also tried to change the name of either FCP 3 or FCPX to differentiate one from the other, but that wasn't allowed. Any ideas as to how I can have both applications there on the Dock?
As to all of the angst going on regarding this application I have to say that I think us pro' users of FCP have a valid point with many of the complaints flying around out there, but I have decided personally to give FCPX the benefit of the doubt for a while.......Though all of my editing that relates to work I earn a living on will remain in FCP Studio 3, and I have to admit that I did just buy a copy of Avid Media Composer 5.5 to get back up to speed with that system after years away in our FCP world. I wonder how many others out there have done the same, or have considered that route thinking that maybe Apple is going to walk away from real Pro' applications?
On one more note my local Apple re-sale dealer contacted me this week asking if I would like to buy the latest version of Final Cut Studio for $999, apparently Apple has decided to allow the one time limited "last chance" opportunity to buy the Application before finally dropping it.
Interesting times.

If you click and hold on the icon in the Dock after you have the application open, do you not get the option to "Keep in Dock" or does that not work?
And regards your second question, that sounds more like a reseller who has a few copies of FC Studio left and is trying to capitalize on the FCP X criticisms.

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