I don't think it's that big a deal here, though I hear that in the Poser forum you'll get raked over the coals if you even use post-processing, much less rendering in another package..(sorry, Vue users..;)
Actually, aside from Bryce and Poser (4), I got most of them either free (anim8tor, Wings 3d), or cheap (Truespace, Strata)..which came from magazines like 3d World, Computer Art, Digit, etc. Hey, if the pic's good enough, I don't care how it was made..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)