I think your wrong here. Just because it's opensource doesn't mean jobs are lost. You need to look at how opensource works. I could explain it to you but there's so many good articles on that subject. Some others and myself make good money with opensource and we contribute back with development. Alot of those companies use opensource technology to make their software better. Opensource is usually on the cutting edge. Nan can still sell Blender support,documentation etc... There's still lots of money to be made. Before you start yelling at everyone, maybe you should do you home work. I do think the might want to consider using the LGPL though.
First of all, this is awesome news!!!! Blender was the only good 3D tool I could find that works on Solaris.
Next, there's nothing wrong at all with the Blender interface. You can have one hand on the keyboard and one on the mouse and just go to town. I don't think they should waste their time on the interface. I would like to see more features instead. I had no problem learning the interface. Once you start using it you'll see there's a lot of shortcuts. I've used 3D Max, Raydream, lightwave and Maya and I think Blenders interface is great. Who cares whether it's standardized. If it works for you then use it.
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I think your wrong here. Just because it's opensource doesn't mean jobs are lost. You need to look at how opensource works. I could explain it to you but there's so many good articles on that subject. Some others and myself make good money with opensource and we contribute back with development. Alot of those companies use opensource technology to make their software better. Opensource is usually on the cutting edge. Nan can still sell Blender support ,documentation etc... There's still lots of money to be made. Before you start yelling at everyone, maybe you should do you home work. I do think the might want to consider using the LGPL though.
First of all, this is awesome news!!!! Blender was the only good 3D tool I could find that works on Solaris. Next, there's nothing wrong at all with the Blender interface. You can have one hand on the keyboard and one on the mouse and just go to town. I don't think they should waste their time on the interface. I would like to see more features instead. I had no problem learning the interface. Once you start using it you'll see there's a lot of shortcuts. I've used 3D Max, Raydream, lightwave and Maya and I think Blenders interface is great. Who cares whether it's standardized. If it works for you then use it.