Yes, it's the user's choice to make the leap. I don't need to worry about upgrading 100 computers, nor do most of the members of Renderosity, who are, for the most part, hobbyists. So that's pretty much a non-issue.

I too, chose to upgrade to Lion and I'm finding it to be a stable, elegant, state-of-the-art OS, that offers (if the user chooses to include the Apple trackpad) a very cool, touch-screen interface that recreates the iOS of the iPhone and iPad. Nice. Can I live without MS Word until the upgrade. Yup, I'm using Pages. Can I get along without Photoshop CS5? Don't have to. It works fine under Lion. Poser 9 for Lion, weeks away. Bryce? Don't get me started. And when the software companies begin their upgrade releases, Lion will be even better.