To get back to the thread,

there isn't anything wrong with Carrara.  Pretty much all of the constructive feedback written in this thread is practical.  Let's summarize.

1.  DAZ has focused much of the development of Carrara on DAZ studio / Poser interfacing and capabilities.

2.  Carrara has had some significant upgrades for some things such as bullet physics and there have been rendering engines which can now interface with Carrara.

3.  In general, Carrara hasn't had the kinds of upgrades or updates that would keep it competitive with some of the bigger heavier hitting packages.  This aspect has been a significant problem for the code.  Carrara hasn't kept up with the market.  In addition, DAZ has had some issues with the user base.  As an example , there was a significant expectation that there would be version 9 by now and there are some changes which have been done to the code which a large portion of the user base are not happy with.

So, is there a problem with Carrara?  I think we are all wondering what the answer to that question.  There are a lot of us out here who have been using the code productively for a long time and we would like to continue doing that.  However, if things keep going the way they are, we will move on to other tools that can do the things we need to do.

Hope that helps.

-Kix