I think it is a shame that they are fiddling with nice colors in the interface ripping stuff out of motionbuilder because they have no idea what to do next, put in the stupid timeline thing because they already made it for disney I believe.
I really couldn't give a (BLIEP) about how the package looks as long the program is solid, just focus on what the customer wants and not what they think we want, I would like PTEX incorporated in Maya for instance, or a renderman license and if the interface is pink I will find a way to live with it......

I hate max too btw, if I have to pick another 3d package it would be XSI