It's somewhat disapponting to read all these responses. Guys like Ondra and the rest of the Corona team are extremely rare, and they chose to work (very hard) for you. They can do many amazing things for you in the future as well. Still somehow you turned from loyal supporters to pure hatred in a single day. Hate me all you like, however those guys have been nothing but good to you.
I've worked on V-Ray really hard for 15 years, long days and many nights including weekends, with very few vacations, and no sick leaves to get where I am today (no matter how much you despise my work). It's a tough road to walk. Is it so bad that those guys want a short cut? I think you will like the results. Corona will continue to serve you well.
Best regards,
Vlado
Well, consider this.
You are a proud owner of one of these.
It's beautiful, new, different, fast and so easy to drive, it doesn't even have a gear box! Everything you ever wanted from an electric car. A dream come true. And you've been using it since it was just a small 0.4 alpha that couldn't even get over bumps properly.
Then, one day the company is sold to guys that make these:
Yes, it's a vehicle that will get you from point A to point B, it can even carry a lot more load. But it's big, and ugly, and old, and the company that makes them never cared for EV-s. They are huge, and they make only their huge ugly trucks.
Naturally you are concerned, you are sure that the new big trucking company will ruin your beloved EV. They don't care about it, they just want the competition gone, they're in trucking business. We don't care how long they've been making trucks, we hate trucks.
At this point we are certain they will kill the production of our beloved EV, or leave it as it is but wit their big ugly truck price tag, or at best stick an electric motor in their big ugly truck and say "see, we're in EV business now".