Hey thanks for all the very good information!

Estherau, I didn't realize that you could simply share runtimes on a cross-platform network. That's an amazingly awesome bit of info I was completely unaware of.

Ghonma, I have a couple of powerful renderers and use both Max and Maya in my work. However, I've often used Poser to quickly set up character animation. I understand you can use a plug such as GestureMax to move Poser assets into Max but it is my understanding there's no good way to move a Poser scene with animation to another renderer. Am I wrong about this? Jeez, I hope so because the Firefly renderer is a DOG. Please enlighten me peeple!

Since I have licensed copies of Poser 6 and 7, I assume I can run both concurrently and not trigger the AFAIK check?