'Seems to me that DAZ is trying to be the new MetaCreations. They have two of their products now, Poser is the only one left.'

It seems that not many people realise that a company is just the same as a human being - if you don't change, you die. Companies who plod on doing the same old thing in a changing marketplace either fade into oblivion, or are swallowed by bigger companies. That's the way it is, folks, and you may not like it, there's not much you can do about it.

Music fans hate it when their favorite band changes style. Like, 'Oh, bob dylan was great before he went electric. Why doesn't he sing 'Blowin' in the wind' any more?' Well, I'm sorry, but that attitude equals Death (with a capital D). If bob dylan sang old folk songs for 50 years, he'd've been booed off the stage a long time ago.

Part of the reason behind some of these complaints sounds to me like people are POd that DAZ have the nerve to move into new markets - ie software, instead of content. And of course, many of the same people who complain about them buying software are the same ones who complain about the content anyway, so you can't win.

If DAZ want to evolve and explore new markets, why shouldn't they? Is it because the entire history of poser has been one of being bought over by other companies? So DAZ shouldn't be too successful? I really don't understand.

It seems that if you stick your head up above the water in this community, you can guarantee that someone'll take a pot-shot at you.

mac