I agree with all you said above, mikej. I also understand why ice-boy tinkers - same reason I do. It's something to do, and it helps the "poor" people, makes me feel good.

I could buy better software, but then I'd have to be an artist and what's the point of that?

Let's not forget that Firefly was a replacement renderer - not an evolution. There's no technical reason why another renderer could not be added. It won't be, but there's no reason it couldn't. It is not a complete re-write.

 

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