Blender 3D's Website - A free 3D animation studio similar to MAYA...
Advantages:
1) More advanced than many other programs of a simlar type, if you get used to the layouts, which are quite omplex to first look at
2)It is a smll program, at only 5-10 mb, where MAYA is 300mb +
3)It is FREE!!! And therfor there are alot of people supporting the developement, as it is also opensource
4) It is available to all users, including MAC OS & LINUX users etc.
SO here are some more technical thingies:
Interface
Revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking UI delivers unsurpassed workflow
Flexible and fully configurable window layout with as many screen setups as you prefer
Undo support on all levels
Powerful built-in database system allowing instances, scene management, and dynamic linking multiple project files
Anti-aliased fonts with international translation support
Windows for animation curves/keys, outliner, schematic scene diagram, non-linear video sequence editing, character animation action editor, non-linear animation mixer, image/UV editing, file/image selection and file management
Built-in text editor for annotations and editing Python scripts
Consistent interface across all platforms
etc. etc. etc...
I will let you find out more by looking at this page:
Features Page
I hope i have persuaded you to you this program!!!

