not to mention the five stages of poser:

1. denial: I'm using maya/max/c4d and poser ain't even legit 3d software!
2. anger:  who do these uppity poser users think they are, coming into a serious place like cgforums
3. self-doubt: hmmm... they seem to be doing nice renders now with IDL and lux
4. depression: o.k. I picked up the trial version but I can't even figure out how to use the runtime or library or get good shadows :crying:
5. acceptance:  o.k. I got I to the point where I can do renders, but maybe it just takes more time to learn it than I originally thought