there is one other extremely slim possibility (other than daz buying poser or daz changing its distribution package relating to daz studio): they might announce a deal with some cartoon studio or motion picture studio that involves daz characters, maquettes and/or software. the reason it's extremely unlikely is that nobody would be crazy enuff to throw money at a project involving "realistic" human characters, which the general public finds to be repellent, annoying and even abhorrent. they have absolutely no knowledge of poser, daz studio, lightwave, 3ds max or any other software, but they instinctively recoil when they see these depictions. but if it's a deal involving non-photo-realistic cartoon character development, then there's a slight chance of that. I was hoping it would be eovia that would buy poser, and not daz, because it's not a good idea for the poser vendors to control most of the development of new poser characters, as it puts too big a crimp on innovation and free- market economics IMVHO.