I just think for the simple act of animating a character in the future Poser should out do Maya. Maya has a whole heap of stuff bolted to it that can only slow down the animation process. Poser has to improve in the future as it's one of the few dedicated character animation programs available. With character animation taking off as it has e- frontier would be silly not to exploit the market. Do get me wrong Maya is a great program I just can't afford it and I do believe in the potential of Poser, Vue, Shade integration. I guess I'll just have to wait for Poser 6 and see what happens.