Because I'm already infatuated - no - addicted to Poser, I will foolishly run out and buy the next (several) versions just to keep abreast of its ongoing evolution. I have often thought that with Poser's high profile among 3D artists, that is should be as stable as the other high end apps out there and if they completely rewrote the code from the ground up (crosses fingers, wishing on stars, et al) that it could possibly upend several high end apps (for character animations). Alas, I don't see that happening. I see an increasing integration between Poser and Shade, and since Shade is IMHO not very intuitive, maybe it's better than e-frontier just shoot themselves in the foot and get it over with. BUT there is an enormous market for content, and as long as that content can be ported to high end app of choice........