I completely agree, Mastone. But, for me personally, I like the lighter colors. It makes it easier for me to navigate through the program. If there were an option in the settings/preference menu to change the UI color among different themes, it would save A LOT of headache for people.

And +1 for a Renderman License to be included with Maya. I think that would drive the price up tremendously though. Disney/Pixar is greedy, so they'll want alot of compensation for it.