THX: yeah I agree, Support for the 'old' customers is right. Indepent artists cant work/live like it. The point you made about it being just catered for 'VFX houses' is true, it will basically go back to square one, like the old Alias Power Animator days and Maya V.1 when the prices were like 20k and over.

These are the reasons Im looking at other software. Hell, Modo also gets my vote as a pick from the crop too, at least its customisable to work like Maya.

Cheers
JAy