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Anyway, compare the prices of the apps he uses with the price of Vue. Maya costs $5000, AfterEffects costs $1000. He could buy more than 6 Vue copies with that money...

So, again, your comparison makes no sense whatsoever.

You should check E-On pricing. 7 xStream (the version which integrates in a modeling application like MentalRay) is 1535$ (in the US) and if you get maintenance you can get up to 2530$ so your estimate of Vue at 1000$ is somewhat "optimistic". In addition, the current trend for renderers is to be able to work also with lower cost applications (there is a rush to support even Blender) and therefore the price gap is even lower.... so sorry, but the comparison does make sense, it is just that you don't like the outcome.

The real message is that the best things real professional application can do are so far above Vue capabalities (even in the hands of the best Vue-ers) that E-On quest for competition in that field is a textbook example of wishful thinking, componded with the negative fallouts that this strategy has for the mass of Vue users.

B.T.W. a few minutes ago I was amusing myself with another example of delusions and arrogance: the current F1 results of the Ferrari team. They keep on telling everybody that they are the best (as they used to), and they are still at 0 points, while other teams work hard with no propaganda and get results.

Bye...

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