Part of the rise of the popularity of open source in industries like VFX, 2D/3D animation, and graphic design is because many projects can't fund both their vis

Part of the rise of the popularity of open source in industries like VFX, 2D/3D animation, and graphic design is because many projects can't fund both their vision and monopoly vendor rates. I've been promoting Blender to colleges for the last half decade, and in that time it's made its way into curriculum in all of them. That it provides us a greater supply of very talented artists that don't charge Autodesk rates is just one perk.