IMHO Blender is just an high-end application as Linux is. It just isn't a high-paid application. Don't get fooled by so-called proffesional experts who say you have to use 3D-studio or Maya to be taken serious in the CG-world. Read "The hacker ethics and the spirit of the information age" by Pekka Himanen. and you will get entlighted. (Note: there isn't a check for politics, but I can recommend this)

Best regards,

Bopper.

-How can you improve things when you don't make mistakes?