I see that Autodesk has begun their reign of terror. When I first heard that my beloved 3D app was being invaded I kind of gasped and rolled over (painful, I hit the side of my box). I can guarantee this is only the beginning of the inevitable, Maya will become Max, something I don't even want to think about. Autodesk is like Microsoft with a different name, they steal, they plunder they corrupt and then they discard. Not to mention they charge lots of $$ for not so good software and their technical support is non existant (actually its just bad - like Microsoft). Let us all 'liberate' Maya from the dictator! I wonder what they will mess up in the next version of Maya - probaly downgrade its renderer to make it less than Max. No offense intended to anyone who uses Max.