Didn't Mark post about Max3D just a few weeks ago?
12-20-2006 is well over a month ago... Before that was 08-25-2006 4 months prior and then another 5 months prior was 04-06-2006. Remember that thread that started up about a successor to bmax, just because of an off-the-cuff remark that Mark made? Madness.
You can never please everyone... Besides that thread didn't start as a hit on Mark, it just so happen to be a holiday at the troll employment agency.
Point is those who will wait will wait, those who want a solution now have already found theirs. However those who will wait hate to be left in the dark.... They at least want the light on from time to time...