...(chuckles). "Maybe if the companies stopped switching/changing hands, then, the 3D products wouldn't suffer?" Why do you think they keep changing hands? There's a truism in business: "When a smart businessman realizes he's made a bad investment he gets out of it as fast as he can." Most of them do indeed lose money. I'm afraid even 3dmax falls into the 'financial house of cards' category. It's easy to confirm these observations with a little googling. By the way, "We're not all Donald Trump." is not an excuse to steal. That's just rationalizing theft. My attorneys would have a field day with a guy using that as a defense ;)