Speaking of interfaces though, there is one point in Blender's favor you missed. Might not be safe for work though; that interface is so sexy it's practically pornographic. Sometimes I open it up just to look at it.
It's very biased review. Modo is overrated, Max is not deprecated. No mention about Softimage? Maya, modeling wise, is still 1999 inhouse tool with Qt interface and NEX plugin bundled.