Wow. Okay. The learning curve for Eclipse is, as predicted, rather steep and somewhat strewn with broken glass and discarded pop bottle caps (rusty, of course). But the Maven 2 integration Eclipse plugin... man, that thing really sucks. it's usable only for small projects, not - like I have - even a moderately sized workspace which consists of multiple projects.
Geesh. Those guys should be shot with silly string until they are forced to run from the room in shame.
I hear rumors that we're going to see "real" integration of Maven into Eclipse real soon now. Man, it can't happen soon enough for me.