Why would you think they would need to use one of Autodesk products? 3 modelling can als be done in xsi, lightwave, blender, silo, cinema4d, rhino, modo and what not... Though maya and max contain a large market share it is definitly not that these 2 apps are the only ones on the market... Originally posted by Phopojijo How are they shooting themselves in the foot? They own most of the market... who will they go to? XSI? If they go 3d modelling, they need to use one of Autodesk's packages. And if the educational license is like Discreet's 3dsmax student license... they can make 'em pay every year... oposed to giving away product for free.