I agree. I've worked with MAX and Maya, and my experience is that Maya is at least as different from MAX as Blender is from MAX/Maya. The different programs hav

I agree. I've worked with MAX and Maya, and my experience is that Maya is at least as different from MAX as Blender is from MAX/Maya. The different programs have a different workflow. I found MAX very easy to use. Maya was harder, and Blender (before 2.5) was extremely difficult to learn. With the 2.5 release, though, they really improved usability of their program. I'm really surprised, and am now trying to use Blender for everything as I enjoy it most.