Quote - Well, whatever their goal is, good luck to them. We need more 3D sites, not less.

Now, imagining if the shoe were on the other foot... If Smith Micro announced that Poser Pro 2012 ($499 list, $299 at Amazon is the cheapest legit source I can find) were now absolutely free, I would feel a bit nervous about my platform of choice.  Never mind how I would feel if I shelled out for it 31 days ago, could now get it free, and could not get my money back.

A comparison with Vue.

You shell 100s of $ (actually ~1000) to get Vue Infinite. You are OK with it, you use it, you enjoy it.

One day, E-On announces a game changing move. Vue Infinite free for 30 days to everybody.

A part of the money you spent goes down the drain (not all because you used the program so some amortization took place), but this is not the worst. The product itself is debased in the view of the customers and the firm taught the customers a deadly lesson (wait and see, when one of the cornerstones of marketing is preventing potential customer from thinking "do I really need it?"). Less sales/sales with discounts -> less cash flow for E-On -> less E-On capability of sustaining development -> cloudy (to say the least) Vue Infinite future.

Interstingly, Carrara was not part of the butchery. I don't know how to interpret this (and actually I have better things to do).

As last note, over DAZ, there is a thread of fuming customer asking for refunds (or at least there was last time I checked). I imagine it will be deleted soon (not DAZ soon, Oxford dictionary soon).

Bye.

P.S.: b.t.w., just a few months ago DAZ officials notified a draconian "never again sales" policy. I am positive that their and mine interpretation of "never" is radically different. For me, never means not in this life; we can talk about it again (maybe) in my next reincarnation.

GIMP 2.7.4, Inkscape 0.48, Genetica 3.6 Basic, FilterForge 3 Professional, Blender 2.61, SketchUp 8, PoserPro 2012, Vue 10 Infinite, World Machine 2.3, GeoControl 2