Watching the VMS fiasco causes me considerable concern; just how fragile is the Vegas development group in Madison? My NLE life started with EditDV which was acquired and retired so on to FCP up to v7 when Apple changed everything; at that time I was still working professionally and had both EDLs and HDD back ups of clients projects useable only as long as the OS supported FPC7. I tried Avid MC; a software I had a really hard time with so on to a PC and Vegas Pro. I am now on v18 and make films for fun so no longer have the weight of professional expectations. I had Boxx build a computer specifically for Vegas; yes I have the occasional crash but it does so gracefully with easy recovery. I have a copy of VMS v17 and have used it; an excellent entry level NLE; surprisingly powerful; in fact most of what I do could be done on VMS.
I enjoy using Vegas Pro but am somewhat apprehensive so will have a serious look at Resolve; the Magix handling of the retirement of VMS is so inept it suggests very poor communication between Germany and Madison. Obvious cause for concern.