dude for all it does poser totally kills.  no 3d suite on the planet can match it.  and it's coming of age.  of course, you'll never be able to model in it...but you do 2d photo editing in photoshop or something.  and the work some people here put out, (not lengthy animations, but stills) are equal to anything done in the "professional" world.  look at final fantasy (still the best, 5 years on) and match that to some stuff our guys do.  let them whine about how their suite is superior, while you make cooler looking people.