I assume they've been working on Poser 6 for some time now. With that in mind, they've either begun to rewrite the program from scratch, or it's too late to do so without dumping all the work they've done so far. One thing that would soothe me over about the Poser 5 fiasco: release a fixed version on CD, minus the crappy protection scheme, and including all the service releases. Oh yes, while they're at it, why not finish working on Don & Judy?! Once Poser 5 is finally "correct," then move on to another version. But that ain't gonna happen. So I'll wait awhile after Poser 6 comes out, to see how many people scream at the bugs, and waith for them to release a few service packs.