I keep hearing conflicting reports about the release date for DAZ studio. I have also heard that in its basic form it will not be a full blown product like Poser 4 or 5 and it will not have any animation capability. It is going to be 'Plug-in' oriented which means that you will need to purchase a lot of add on's to do the things that you can do, or take for granted in Poser. I would also like to say that with the latest service release for Poser I personally find it more stable and a lot better to work with. True its still got some bugs but overall this is a powerful package and its still the best thing around in its class. One more thing to do with people who complain about Poser. It seems to me that some of these people are still stuck on the first step of the ladder when it comes to using this package, so why not try to learn Poser well and get to grips with it before talking about DAZ studio in the hope that it will somehow solve the problems of your lack of skill which only comes with practice and effort and the desire to find out and experiment.