"If it can be done in LW, C4D, Vue, Bryce (!), and a myriad other 3D applications then the argumentation about memory usage is moot - give it up already." all of which use binary files for storage. poser doesn't. Changes things dramatically -- and makes it not moot.

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)