For most people, yes. Unfortunately Photoshop is pirated, so it isn't being used at face value.
> Blender does all that Maya does I'm sure as well
If you want to build your own stuff, which isn't uncommon at all and if you have a movie budget of 100 million dollars, you might be better off forking Blender. Also, Autodesk's Maya is not a startup and it isn't being used necessarily as a platform, so that's building a straw-man on your part ;-)
> SCADA systems for industrial control?
You mean Eclipse SCADA?
Funny thing is that I'm working on a software system using it right now. My mission is to steer and monitor power plants and nothing on the market was suitable for my needs. Building on top of an open source stack helped tremendously.
For most people, yes. Unfortunately Photoshop is pirated, so it isn't being used at face value.
> Blender does all that Maya does I'm sure as well
If you want to build your own stuff, which isn't uncommon at all and if you have a movie budget of 100 million dollars, you might be better off forking Blender. Also, Autodesk's Maya is not a startup and it isn't being used necessarily as a platform, so that's building a straw-man on your part ;-)
> SCADA systems for industrial control?
You mean Eclipse SCADA?
Funny thing is that I'm working on a software system using it right now. My mission is to steer and monitor power plants and nothing on the market was suitable for my needs. Building on top of an open source stack helped tremendously.