Schools get some profit out of it, either directly or indirectly 
They ācreateā graduates who know āstuffā and tag them with their name (read Curriculum Vitae) , which gives them a reputation, which brings them students, which makes them money.
They also get educative licenses cheaper, because the software companies apply the same principleā¦ they make more money with the more people there are who knows how to use their program.
What kind of dickweed programmer makes a modeling program cost more than a home computer?
Iād understand if computers had the ability to send users into itself to race against programs on lightbikes or something, but damn.
Thereās all sorts of software out there that costs heaps. 3D Modeling software is only one example, albeit a good one.
Any professional software can cost thousands (or even tens of thousands :o )
Modelling and CAD programs come to mind, but also editing tools such as Adobe Premiere, or probably some sound mixing programs (that I donāt know anything about).
So yeah, they cost more than a HOME computer, but for a business, 5000$ to make projects that theyāll sell millions is nothing.
I think the most expansive programs are probably simulation programsā¦ a lot are custom-made, and the amount of engineering put into making them is huge. You know, the kind of programs theyād use to simulate a nuclear reactor, stuff like that.
The title for this thread should be āIblis being a bitch.ā Seriously dude, do you actually model or do you just like to make threads complaining about it?
*Programmers. The people who make 3Ds max are a pretty big company (saw them when I went to San Fran, never went inside, but they had a big building). They put a lot of resources into making that program, and the only people who buy it are companies who really need it (pixar, animation studios, architects, etc), so they donāt make a whole lot of sales. The price makes sense compared to how many sales they really make.
Also itās not the programmers who set the price, itās the marketing department that keeps selling features we havenāt built yetā¦!
Iām trying to model, i didnāt know what seams were at the time. So sorry for my āignoranceā you can all continue bashing me for things Iām trying to learn. next time i wont go barging off to a forum to see if someone could help me, someone thats been using blender for a year or 2ā¦ ill just scrape off Google till i find my answer. your āwisdomā has been very helpful. 
Iāve been using Blender since 2007. Protip: if you ask an incredibly vague question on a forum and ignore requests for clarification, and then post a week later blubbering and whinging like Glen Beckās redheaded stepdaughter about how nobody will help you, you can pretty much expect this quality of response, on any forum.
[COLOR=āRedā]True dat, but letās keep it civil none the less.
Yeah, on the topic of blender bitchinā, can someone please explain to me how to add a particle size curve in the IPO curve window? As seen in this video at about 6:43 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtgdUCHvZmU
IPO -> Particles
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