Considering that our company is almost entirely focused on Poser development and that everyone here uses it on a daily basis, added to that the fact that we've successfully used it numerous times for more commercial purposes than I care to recall... well, it's rubbish. The "high end" people don't like the idea that a "low end" solution might just work for a lot of things. Granted, I'm a Maya user. I love Maya. There are a lot of things in Maya that Poser can't touch. But at the same time, Poser has a lot more going for it than the naysayers will ever admit. For that matter, I've known a LOT of "high end" 3d folks who will slam Poser publicly, but then pull out thier copy on the closet at home and tinker away having a grand old time. Poser is a tool. Slamming people for making art with Poser is something that has irked me for years. Not all art made with Poser floats my boat, just as not all art made with Maya, Max, oil paints, pencils, celluloid, or whatever you can imagine might not work for me either. One of the big reasons "low end" apps like Poser get slammed is that if a studio blows a big budget on high dollar software, they'll never want to admit that there might have been a cheaper means to thier ends because all of a sudden it becoms plain that they've wasted thier money, which is bad for business. I have far more respect for people who have the "right tool for the right job" mentality. Sometimes Poser is the right tool, sometimes not, but slamming those who use it as "not real artists" is like reversed self aggrandizment, tearing the other folks down to make themselves feel better. Truly a sad, sad thing. Keep on Posin', folks. :) -Les