[Radiance-general] Sunlight through glass

[Kirk Thibault]

Rob

There are some pretty whiney folks over in the M-R forums, throwing  
around phrases like "class action lawsuit" and the like.  It appears  
that there are some (mostly) architectural people who are claiming  
that their business projects are being affected by the failure of  
Next Limit to release the newest beta version of their software.   
Personally, I would consider basing the welfare and completion of my  
business projects on beta software risky, to put it mildly.  Suffice  
it to say that a lot of the huffing and puffing seems to be  
projection of some people's frustration with their own lack of  
judgement.  I believe these people think they have the "right" to  
sound off because they paid $495 and don;t ever seem to get any  
answers as to when the next version will be out, etc.

And yes, Rob, i can very well imagine the dialog you posted below!   
There would be a whole thread dedicated to how Radiance sucks because  
of splotchiness and the fact that it doesn't make their coffee in the  
morning.

The fact the Radiance attracts the user community that it does is a  
testament to its creators and keepers.  Thanks folks.
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Kirk L. Thibault, Ph.D.
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On Jan 17, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Rob Guglielmetti wrote:

> Kirk Thibault wrote:
>
>> So I've been following this raging debate over at the Maxwell  
>> Render forums
>
>
> Hi Kirk,
>
> Can you imagine?:
> "hey, how come my rendering is all splotchy? Radiance sucks!"
> "no, you suck!"
>
> The Maxwell forum likely suffers from a few immature folks stirring  
> up trouble.  This afflicts most of the CG forums I've participated  
> in unfortunately, save for the radiance-online lists.  The Radiance  
> user base is a class act.  I've made many friends here, and learned  
> a lot.  As usual, I feel we all owe the biggest debt of gratitude  
> to Greg Ward and Peter AB for this, but there are many many people  
> who contribute in big ways to make this the resource what it is.
>
>
> - Rob Guglielmetti
> www.rumblestrip.org
>
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