OK, lots of talk with not too much in the way of information from the octane team. Demo, non-demo and stuff like exporting should be basic issues for interest but the interested party has to jump through hoops to get such basic knowledge.
For my ten pence worth (allow for inflatio here) they are not taking users of other software seriously, what is the problem? Does it work with sketchup free? Does the exporter work with free? Is the exporter only available when you purchase a license and if so why? Is there any intention of adding funcionality for sketchup free? If this is not the case why do they constantly refer to sketchup and not include the pro part of that title? The point of addressing the graphics card for rendering is interesting but to eliminate so many users from the potential client list would appear to be a bad mistake.
Right now, with my short experience of trying this software, it is not worth the price I have not paid for it and it shows the same disreguard developers of software have had for clients and potential clients the world over. It is past time this was addressed and dealt with. We have money to spend and the developers want that money and WE should be a lot more circumspect over who with and when we spend our money to get the right quality for our dosh.