Hmm... Well, I'm certainly no fan of DAZ, that's common knowledge. But for the sake of the Poser community, I'm hoping DAZ Studio will be worth the wait. I think Poser itself, at least so long as Curious Labs owns it, is done with, dead, no future at all. P5 is an utter failure and P4 is just too limited to do much more with. It's completely outdated, a model T in a world of Ferraris. The only thing that's kept it going this long is the price, but after a while that's not going be enough. BUT, while I congratulate DAZ for restraining themselves from whipping the masses into a frenzy like Cooper and co. did, I DO think they should be a little more open. Honestly, by saying nothing, they merely encourage more and more speculation about what DAZ Studio will/won't do, and frankly, I think it's getting to the point where it will never meet peoples' expectations and will be deemed a failure no matter how good it is. It would be in their best interest to be a little more forthcoming, especially about what it WON'T do. As far as the release, they really caused themselves a headache by telling 3D World it would be out in May, they have only themselves to blame for that. But I'd rather it was late if it actually works right. Tossing out buggy shit just because you're too money-hungry to wait until you actually get it working is getting to be an epidemic. Poser 5, Amapi 7, Carrara 2 (and now v3 is coming, how bad will THAT be?), etc. When a company is working on the first patch before they even release the software, something is drastically wrong. Of course, if DAZ Studio turns out buggy, they'll be burned at the stake whether they call it "beta" or not, whether it's free or not. And after the P5 debacle, it will be scrutinized VERY carefully by a LOT of people... I don't blame them for taking their time.;)