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Nichod is offering a pretty good deal there.
It is very good that tS is still owned by Caligari, but I think it is still a little early to say that DAZ' role as a content provider is going to hurt Carrara development. It's been said over and over again that the same developers are behind Carrara 6 as the previous version. Time will tell if this actualy makes a difference.
Carrara is still being developed, so I wouldn't say stagnant is a fair description. A Mac/Intel version was available not that long after the new mac line shipped. All work on Carrara 5 is done and all current work is on Carrara 6. That would be like if I said that Caligari was stagnant because there was no work being done on tS 6 while they were working on tS7.
It would seem that DAZ wants the sixth version to be their product. I assume this because they have let the Eovia brand persist on version 5. At first I believed this to be a huge faux pas, but now I think that it might be because they want to make their mark with version 6. I think DAZ is pretty aware that they need to impress people.
As far as the GUI goes, I still feel that the new tS GUI is very similar to the old Carrara GUI. Even the colors are somewhat similar. And the Carrara is GUI is designed to be a bit more intuitive than tS'. I think tS and Carrara have had two of the most controversial GUI's in 3D for a while now. For some users, it's like picking between the Devil and the deep blue sea...
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