Is DVD Studio Pro dead?

(I posted this at the Final Cut areas as well)
So Final Pro X has been released and there's not a word about DVD Studio Pro anywhere.
Does this mean it has been dropped, or won't be updated anymore?
My suggestion is for Apple to sell DVD Studio Pro as a standalone app (once again) on the App Store. I believe it's still valid and has some life in the future. I have sent this request to Apple feedback, and suggest that anyone who agrees with me should do the same.
Does anyone else care about DVD Studio Pro anymore?

I'm with you all DVD Pro IS a great app and dropping the ball with Blu-Ray was the first mistake. (The other is not sticking a Blu-Ray burner in the MacPro by default.
Now I love Apple as much as the next man but there not interested in pros any more. They want the hip kid ipod image. They want to be cool. They want to churn out Idiot style apps for the masses.
But look at the history of the AXE!
Xserve RAID - Dead
Shake 4 - Dead
DVD Studio Pro - (Lets face it Dead)
Final Cut Server - (Dead)
Xserve - (Dead)
Final Cut Pro - (Dead - cos lets face it FCP X is really a downgrade or an iMovie update)
And if you look at most other companies the good stuff starts on the high end stuff and filters down to the low end.
But not apple
iPhoto has had faces and the like before aperture
the imacs get Thunderbolt before the MacPros
And worst of all there trying to turn the MacOS into iOS.......
God help us all!
It's lucky foe Apple that Windows is still S**t.

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