Yes -- if Newtek doesn't watch it, Modo might end up blowing them out of the water at some point.  Modo might even end up displacing a number of the "big boys" as the modeling software of choice down the road -- once people begin to fully grasp just exactly what Modo is, and what it can do.  And for less money than the others, on the average.

I recall a time when Lightwave was the "IT" app -- fresh, and hip.  Too bad that it looks like it's losing that luster.  Perhaps to be replaced by something new & fresh.......like Modo.

E-frontier still needs to support Lightwave, though.  COLLADA might be sufficient to do the trick.

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