Oh, I don't know. While we may not agree with how DAZ conducts business or how they've (in my opinion) mistreated Carrara, Carrara itself is a great piece of software.

Carrara is fast and easy to learn. It has the tools we need to do what we need it to do. Carrara has an array of plugins offered by third parties that extend its usefulness. And Carrara works well with other programs.

I use Poser, Silo and 3DCoat and Carrara integrates very well in that workflow. I've even done a water simulation in Blender and brought into Carrara with satisfying results. As a matter of fact, I'm learning that Carrara works best as the final step in the creation process. I recently completed a project that began as a model in Silo, was uvmapped and painted in 3DCoat and then moved to Carrara for some shader tweaks and additional work using Digital Carvers Guild's Anything Grows plugin. The project was rendered to very good effect in Carrara.

Headwax uses Carrara professionally (and very well, I might add). He's just as happy as I am with Carrara.

As diehard Carrara users we care about the software. Yes, it's only a tool, but it's a very useful tool that we are comfortable with and maybe a bit too attached to. It's like family and we all hate to see family mistreated. It's the lack of attention and care for our favorite software that bothers us.

Carrara itself handles anything we throw at it and then some. We love Carrara. It's the inlaws we have the problem with.