Re: On the fence.. wondering if X will be a headache or a blessing...

Craig, with all due respect, they changed the way one edits, so they could easily have supported this new version and a re-write of FCP as FCP8 if they wanted to. I don't think they'd have struggled to find the resources to do it.

A big part of the debate here is they did it their way and actually expected the whole fraternity to go 'ooog, super awesome' but instead a fair chunk went WTF?

With regards to the OP, if his clients have no editing previous then having to learn FC10 or having to learn PP is exactly the same, they will have to learn from scratch. I'm really sorry but learning PP is not frigging rocket science. The advantage PP offers over FC10 is that the skills and approach they learn are transferable to other NLEs if that is what hey want to do in their futures. FC10, not so much.