Well, there is some viable concern in the democratic 3D application marketplace and democracy is never particularly pretty get used to it or return to the dark ages!

I just had a very positive experience with Charles Brissart, Eovias development lead. I had sent him an email outlining some memory allocation errors (crashes) Ive been having with Carrara5 Pros new volumetric clouds in complicated scenes (usually, a lot of distributed instances). He sent me an upload URL, and I sent the problem file. Within 6 hours he sent me back an email stating that he had duplicated the problem in the debugger, and that it would be fixed with the next patch release.

Now Eovia isnt perfect, but this kind of response causes me to have an honest respect for such software companies, and I sent him a very kind email back.

BTW, until MS and Apple get full 64 bit OS out, we are going to have memory issues with all 3D applications. Unlike the majority of software in which the hardware is ahead of the demands of the software, we users of 3D applications are pushing the hardware.

Some folks, without a doubt, possibly overreact to some software problems, but then, some folks dont seem to understand that some users depend on software to derive a living from. Marketing claims are an implicit contract, and many companies dont back the claims they make for their software.

Thank evolution that we have PC industry journalists like John Dvorak who arent enamored with moronic brand loyalty, and will speak out for quality and accountability with respect to software companies viva free speech!

Message edited on: 01/14/2006 01:28