I see Carrara ending up like Gmax.  And Daz like TurboSquid.  E-on is trying to do the complete opposite and not focus on content so much as selling expensive applications.  Not sure if either way works.  The trick is finding a way of getting your software into modelers pipelines where they'll stick.  If people are using your software just to render content, they probably won't spend money on modeling tools.  So the money goes towards more content instead of better modeling apps.

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