Now if it was a loan where you rent the software until you eventually paid it off, that would be one thing.  Yes it would cost more in the long run but you would stop paying at a certain point.  The sub-thing you NEVER pay it off.  Again, yes, that's real ownership versus a license to use it but still...

@Robynsveil: Exactly what I was thinking.  If you dial this part, it does this.  If you want it "milkier" try this and so on.  I know that BB has been very descriptive on some of his knowledge sharing and I for one appreciate it, even though I don't pop into every thread and say so :)

I think User-Defined nodes would be cool.  Something like mini-shaders where you'd create your own components... Like Filter Meister and the old User Defined Adobe Filters?  So if you wanted a hexagon generator instead of a grid generator as a node, you could build that.

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