![]() ![]() By all means, be honest about what Blender can really do- but be open about what it can't, so new users will know exactly what to expect. Making claims that Blender is this much better than the competition could have dire consequences for the adoption of Blender in the future, as many users may not give it a second chance. The fact that Firefox is free makes little difference, as there is still an investment in time, productivity and learning the new software- even for one so simple as a browser. He would likely switch back to IE, and actively argue against anyone who tries to tell him that this is dangerous because obviously my claim of Firefox being all the protection he needed was ambiguous. If I make a claim to a friend that if he downloads Firefox and uses it over IE that he will never get a virus, and he gets a virus via email or some other source, he will assume that this is the fault of his browser because of my outlandish claim. The concern that I have is with overselling. In the 3D industry, when two programs have almost identical feature sets, the superiority of one over the other is quite subjective. In the case of Blender, it is a solution that is not superior or inferior, it's just it's own program with its own set of features. Sometimes the open source solution is superior, in the case of Linux versus Windows and Firefox vs Internet Explorer, but other times it's not as in Photoshop versus The Gimp. Just because something is open source does not make it superior, however. ![]() I love open source for many reasons, chiefly because of the superior quality that seems to come out of such projects, and the fact that the work is offered up free of charge. At first, the biased nature and inaccuracy of the article was a source of amusement for me but after thinking about it, if people take the article seriously, then it could be cause for concern. ![]() Recently, while visiting Blendernation, I came across a posting with a link to a 3D application comparison. Is blender really equal to the competition? ![]()
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