eric wrote:
> 
> What do you think of Moray's price ?
> I'm new to ray tracing and POVRay, and Moray is indeed a useful software.
> 
> But today, I'm planning not using Moray anymore, since I can't afford to pay
> for registration.
> 
> I think itsa price is very high, especially when you compare to POVRay's
> price, of course.. :O) But even compared to software sold through mass
> distribution, it looks expensive.. even when I realize that a lot of work
> hides behind Moray...

Hi Eric,

  It is really a simple matter of economics. Softronics which produces the
Moray software is in business to make money from the products they produce.
They have never given the impression that is was to be donated for nothing
and have set the prices at a level where they can afford to spend time on
continued development of the program.
  I am a long time user of Pov-Ray and can say there is no other modeler that
I am aware of that has had as long an association with Pov and has made an
honest effort to keep up with the changes constantly being made to Pov. Most
other modelers for Pov usually last through a couple of years of development
and then simply disappear. The People at Softronics have proven that they are
at least willing to stick around for the duration and make this the best Pov
modeler available.
 Remember this not the only product they make and for it to continue to be a
priority project they have to have money coming in to support that development.
If they have another product that generates more income for them then they are
obligated to spend more time developing the money making product than a product
that is not creating income for them. If more people actually would register
Moray they could probably afford to drop the price a little (I'm guessing here).
  If you compare it's abilities against other much costlier products like 3DS Max
and LightWave (which have no direct support for Pov) you will find that it has
many similar features at a fraction of the cost of those costly products. It's
up to you to decide whether you want to pay the registration fee but personally
I think the price is both fair and reasonable for the quality of the modelling
interface it offers you as a user of Pov-Ray.

-- 
Ken Tyler
  
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