Actually I've used Poser for several years, but I use it to make animations - most of the time, stills I do in Photoshop - in fact, before coming here I never realized that people used Poser to create stills, I mean it's obvious that you can but it is animation software and I alway figured people would use it to make animations. Most of my gallery was not done using Poser, or is that why you say you think I'm new to Poser? That said, I've only been a member here for about 3 months and before coming here I didn't know anyone who used Poser besides myself so it is true I don't know all the history, but I do know what I read and my assessment of the matter was largely from reading what people who were attacking DAZ were writing and if there is a reason for their ax grinding, they sure don't seem willing to state it.