The problem is that starting out with one program or the other is a bit different than a few years ago. Yes, to a degree the props are pretty much the same, but from there things tend to diverge. Figures, lighting cameras, controls, etc. It does'nt make one program or the other better, just more different. I've used DS to some degree in the past, even made some props and clothes. Didn't like it. I was making a house for Dawn at one time, which, one day, I'm actually going to finish, but I knew before I got to where I stopped that I wasn't going to be doing a DS version. That was mainly a texturing thing, and before Iray. After Iray, the divide got even wider.

You learn in one program and you grow familiar with that program. That ends up being the program you most like prefer.

So, if she's made her choice. Okay, I wish her well.