Was just lurking around the Carrara forum and got into reading this thread, but it's been sad reading if I'm understanding it correctly.

Have DAZ stopped development of Carrara?

If so, I'm really very sorry to hear that because although I don't use Carrara, I do have it and like it very much (in fact I even have a copy of RayDream Studio from years back which is what it used to be called).  But yup, I purchased the Carrara 8.5 Pro upgrade not loo long ago.  I hope I'm misunderstanding what I read here because to lose Carrara would be to lose one of the most powerful all-in-one solutions out there!

I'd say that's an incredibly dumb move if they've ditched Carrara.