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See... like a survival nut, I’ve already BEEN migrating. I use GIMP 80% of the time now. Inkscape about 75%, and Blender has become my tool of choice to the point where I don’t even have my other 3D apps loaded at the moment.

I don't use Blender because it's free, I use it because it is a kick-ass tool!! An upgrade cycle to dream for, huge support, feature rich, stable and, at long, last a GUI that doesn't drive you insane and IS user friendly.

GUI is still driving me a bit crazy. LOL! But that's just because I'm SOOOOoooo used to Lightwave.

Geeze!!! It's 20 Years this year!!! I first used it on my Amiga 500 with a 68020 and FPU, running Lightrave to run Lightwave 3.5!

That's a lot to unlearn. But I'm getting there.

I remember when Blender was in .9 releases. The interface has improved greatly, and the power under the hood has become staggering.

What really sold me was when I was killing my self to learn Z-Brush and found out that Blender had it built in... with a more sensible UI!!!!

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noun, plural mo·nop·o·lies.
1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market,
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