Quote - "You should check E-On pricing. 7 xStream (the version which integrates in a modeling application like MentalRay) is 1535$ (in the US) and if you get maintenance you can get up to 2530$ so your estimate of Vue at 1000$ is somewhat "optimistic"."

Why would you compare the price with maintenance? That doesn't make any sense. At most, you'd compare with the $1535 and so the $6000 of Maya+AfterEffects amounts to only 4 licenses of Vue XStream. I'm soooooo sorry I made such a big mistake before by comparing it with Infinite and saying it could be 6 licenses. ;-)

Quote - "The real message is that the best things real professional application can do are so far above Vue capabalities (even in the hands of the best Vue-ers) that E-On quest for competition in that field is a textbook example of wishful thinking, componded with the negative fallouts that this strategy has for the mass of Vue users."

To whom are you sending your "real message"? This is not an e-on forum, we're not e-on employees, this is Renderosity, remember? We're just users, just like you. So, what is the point of your message? What are you really trying to do? Discourage us from using Vue? Convince us all to leave Vue and embrace Maya? Why don't YOU do that and leave the rest of us alone? This would be nice!