"actually when curiouslabs bought shade i expected to have the shade render engine included within P6" And there was the catch. You see, CL didn't buy shade. Shade (E-frontier) bought CL. Specifically to keep the two separate. Vain hope. The content creation direction for poser will continue to favor current capabilites and the need for continuing to develop for Poser 4 and Daz Studio. And light sets sell rather well ;)

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)