Bryce has a home isn't that what really matters. I'm pretty sure Corel will hire all those people who were laid off last Christmas, so I would think the same brains will be working to produce the next version. I'm happy. As to the question about Corel software, I use Corel 8. I have also used versions 6 & 7. 6 was so so and 7 was very unstable,but I find version 8 to be excellent,and they say version 9 is even better.My wife uses Photoshop and Illustrator at work,so I read the manual and I can see no real differance between Photoshop and Photopaint except for terminology. I also used Photoshop at her workplace and found both programs virtually identical.Hope this eases some of your fears....Cheers,H2