It is certainly the case that early versions of Poser more or less up to 4 were intended only to produce posed figures for export to other applications, and the render abilities were mostly in the order of being able to do quick previews, rather than anything of a high standard. People stretched Poser 4's capabilities a lot, and Poser 5 was the first version definitely placed as a stand-alone package. Unfortunately that meant bolting on a better renderer to a program with the most rudimentary scene handling abilities. Setting up good lighting in Poser is extremely difficult for this reason, never mind the lack of a simple point light source. It is possible that CL intend to place Shade as the renderer of choice for Poser 6. The question for the future may not be Vue/Bryce or Vue/Poser but Vue/Shade. Obviously Shade doesn't have Vue's landscaping ability, but if the renderer is good, and the scene handling tools are good, and it's more reponsive than Vue, then it may become the tool of choice for scenes that don't require landscapes.