Well- I am Pragmatic about all this- I still plan to buy Vue 6 Infinite when it comes out. Vue is still a great program and I'm not going to abandon it. I also think its technically better than Carrara...

However- If DAZ makes getting DAZ Carrara really cheap and easy- then I will most likely buy it too as a member of their Platinum Club. I bought Bryce 5 about a year or so ago when it was just $12.50 for PC members- how can you pass that up? (I use it to transfer Bryce models over to use in Vue.)

I also just bought Hexagon 2 for $1.99--how can anyone pass up that deal? (And I don't even do any modeling-  but I'm sure I can find some use for it at THAT price...)

The party that will be MOST HURT in this DAZ deal is e-frontier! I am certain that DAZ will incorporate into DAZ Studio a LOT of Carrara elements- and also position DAZ Carrara DIRECTLY AGAINST Poser- making very attractive "Cross-Grade" offers to win over the middle part of the Poser user base who is looking for a good Poser-like program to render their DAZ stuff in...