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The time limit imposed on the content included, is, as suggested by elecktra, for the purpose of ensuring we are getting feedback that is useful. It doesn't help much to know that the previous content had x problem in x build, when we may have already fixed that particular bug, or implemented a workaround for the bug (for those out of our hands) in a newer build. The problem may be in the format, the handling of the format, or the application itself... and any of the three can change. It helps us to have the bugfix validated in the new build. It doesn't help to know it is still a bug in the previous build... we are not working on that build's codebase any longer as it has almost certainly changed since then. We need to know if it is still present in the new build, on other machines than our own... the idea is to move forward.

As for theories of complete and utter world domination via D|S, (rolls eyes) I really feel the best thing I can say is just to be patient; wait and see. Maybe DAZ will try to put a strangle-hold on every market possible and drive itself bankrupt in the process, who knows? Or, (and IMHO this is much more likely), DAZ might just turn out to be the nice company that people used to talk about not too long ago. Alas, only time will tell. The nice thing about all this is that DAZ is slowly bringing another option to the community. The power of choice resides with the community, as it always has. And we at DAZ hope that the community realizes that the community is what the community makes itself into, not what DAZ or any other independent organization wants it to be, no matter how much market power people theorize that they may have. The consumers make or break the vendors, not the other way around.

Oh, and here's some more good news: A new build is very imminent, along with new content.

Steve Kondris
DAZ Productions, Inc.