What follows is just my opinion.

I simply LOVE Carrara. But I no longer place any trust in DAZ as a company and in their intentions.

It seems to me that DAZ bought Eovia's programs only to prevent Smith Micro from obtaining them and to basically bury the software. Carrara 8.5 is buggy. The 32bit v8 is more stable.

While I agree that DAZ makes the best human figures, I'm still staying with Poser Pro and am replacing Carrara with Lightwave in my workflow.

It looks to me like DAZ doesn't want to play ball with or be compatible with any other company's software.