Point One: I think it is a gross misstatement to say that Vicki 3 was on the "community's most hated list" when she was released. There were several people who didn't understand the reasons for the separate pieces, and who didn't bother to do any kind of cost analysis relative to the initial release of V2, but I don't think I ever read a post -- and I read most all of them -- that anyone hated her. Point Two: I agree with the idea that it is really silly to be heaping praise on the DAZ software before you have it in your hands. I disagree with the fact that it is a leap of logic to assume that it will perform as promised. Why? Curious' product was Poser 5. Once they sold a ton of buggy copies, they could take the money and just walk away. They would also continue to sell copies to people that don't frequent the Poser communities, and thus would have no idea of all the problems that some people have had with it. DAZ|Studio, on the other hand, is essentially a freeware base; any money they make on it will be from the plugins. It is entirely logical given those facts to assume that the base will do everything they claim for it, since to release a terrible base would completely wipe out any profits from future plugin sales.