You have my "aye;" in my schooling, I've already taken a Modeling and Animation course with Maya, and just this past fall another course with Houdini. Coming up this spring, I'll be taking a course with StudioMax; I've had it in mind to get my mind wrapped around as many programs as I can. I do indeed think a merger would not just be a good thing for me, but also everyone else; no point in each person having multiple accounts, one for each website. Better if it's all together in one space, me thinks ^.^ EDIT: I just hope that won't become a murderous task of forum organization and management for ye olde administrators and mods...