It sounds to me DAZ has a mixed crew when it comes to the vision of Bryce with the rest of DAZ. Sounds like within DAZ there's ppl who like it, but the higher-ups seem to be focused on other things--so there isn't a lot of commitment, just promises of "we have to do something." When I hear someone say "we have to get the community involved" it tells me there's a bigger problem in the background.

15 developers for one product is quite a lot. It makes me wonder if the Bryce code is seriously poorly written that they might be considering re-writing chunks of it.

For them to say they need the demand to develop 64 bit Bryce speaks trouble to me. Everywhere the world is moving to 64 bit. 32 bit is still good for now and the next 4 years, but 64 bit is foreward looking.

I do wish they would have elaborated more about Open Source Software (OSS)... as there are some good benefits for going that way. They do need a dedicated, determined group to keep Bryce OSS development active. Afterall, Sourceforge.org is filled with many abandoned OSS projects. But still, I wonder how many forks that will generate, or side projects. Probably the best thing for Bryce would be to go OSS, but do what Sun has done with OpenOffice and keep a dedicated developer group to keep pushing out the most complex parts of the program. Keep the momentum going is one of the keys to success with any OSS project.

Thanks, Flak, for posting this and keeping us all informed. I don't have the time any more to go all over the net to take part in things like this now. So, truly, a big thanks!

Anyway, to any DAZ employee who reads these threads, I would still support Bryce with $$$, so get a move on!!