@LPR001:

Going where? come on, you are not a clueless dummy... as mentionned in lots of threads on CGTalk, MODO, Houdini and Blender .

Apropos PS: GIMP has lingered for years, becoming a joke but in 2015 Krita has begun to evolve at Blender speeds, so it is just question of time for it to overtake PS. Already today PS users are salivating on Krita tiled paint mode, something that apparently does not exists in PS.

What makes me feel good is that even Allegorithmic rent-then-buy scheme (which even for me looks legit) is becoming harshly questioned and that in forums I regularily see mentions to boiling frogs. The general 3D user population is becoming aware of the menace ahead and is showing a massive repulse against anything remotely like always-online schemes. Saner firms and FOSS improving at Roadrunner speeds are the general answer to the where to go question.