After speaking to Aaron Collins today (Aaron helped me write DKBTrace 
which was later used as the basis of POVRay), I wrote a blog article on 
POVRay, its history, and its present state.

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/buck/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3306173249

To everyone in the POVRay community, I commend you.  POVRay is a 
phenominal program and the quality of the images the POV artists make 
with it is amazing.

In the early days of DKBTrace, I toyed with the idea of making it a 
commercial product.  Making it freeware, however, has allowed it to 
catch on and grow in ways I'd never imagined.  I couldn't begin to count 
the number of people it has influenced and inspired.  I can only claim a 
small part of the credit since I haven't been involved with the project 
since about 1993.  The POVRay team and the community have made POVRay 
what it is today.  It's still, however, a major source of pride for me.

Congratulations, everyone.

David (Kirk) Buck

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