Quote - Some one remind dartenback that when Studio 4 was origenally released it was not free, but a united Studio user front ended that. Studio is free now only because of public out cry. I expect studio5 out by Xmas and it quite likely wont be free; at least the pro version with the most common plugins wont be. Studio 5 standard will be free but very limited.

Actually, Studio 3 Pro wasn't free either. I remember buying it on launch day. It didn't work quite right and the autofit feature (or whatever it was called) didn't work nearly as well as was claimed.

I never have really used DS3A all that much. The rare times I use D|S, I use DS 2.4. The most stable release they've had.

I think the company started going down hill when they started charging for Studio. I have DS4Pro and DS4.5Pro, but haven't downloaded them, much less installed them.

I believe DS5 will be free because Daz will had to have learned its lesson, at least on this front.

Stan, I'm sure you remember the multiple angry threads last time round?