@RHaseltine:

You guys release a Carrara 8.5.1.19 that wasn't even tested for 15 minutes, and when someone spells it out loud to you, you feel offended?

Are you serious?

The problem with you guys at Daz is that you are so used to be hailed by a Failed-3DSMax-Artist-Turned-Carrara-Cheerleader, that you cannot stand any in-your-face criticism anymore.

Well, I tell you what, instead of letting yourself be influenced by a Know-Nothing-Cheerleader, bring this guy on board: Link and Link. Pay him his ask price, give him a team of competent developers, and let him direct Carrara's developments.

This guy is a first rate artist and he has a clear idea of where to take Carrara. Maybe in a couple of years he will be able to resuscitate Carrara from the Kingdom of the Dead.