You have to remember that e-frontier bought CL; then didn't merge. E-frontier bought CL for one reason and that reason was not to better Poser. E-frontier bought CL because CL had in place their western storefronts and distribution network. I don't know if you know this but this is very hard and costly to set up. And they bought it with the intention of selling Shade to the west. It was already the most popular product in the east. Poser integration was brought into Shade in the very first western release to help promote Shade. Have they now changed their minds???? I don't know. But I do know that Shade 8 continues to add Poser importing features. I just wonder if Poser will be like D|S and become the base product and Shade the future plug-in with the advanced stuff.