I see the youtube video of the blender conference with Andrew, and the reactions of some people there, take me to have none hopes.

I think the problem Andrew faces at the conference was in the way he pitched his ideas.  I think the base, core users (the old guard, so to speak) felt he was bashing the software, and were instantly resistant to his proposal.  Believe it or not, Blender has some rabid followers, who will never admit there's anything inherantly "wrong" with the app.  Andrew basically came out and said, "Blender is broken".  Say that in the forums, for example, and no matter who you are, you're in for a rough thread.  So he did basically the same thing, but live, and in person.  I'm actually surprised no one started throwing tomatoes at him, and booing him off stage! Seriously though, Andrew's proposal was spot-on in all aspects.  It was extremely well constructed, and presented.  Except for the fact that he called Blender "broken", which insulted many people, he did a brilliant job.  I'm sure things will begin to slowly change, but it's no way gonna happen before 3.0 release.  I think by the time 3.0 is out (a few years from now), we will have the welcoming, industry standard Blender that Andrew spoke of.

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