We all pay big money for things that eventually become worthless.
What about cars?  We pay thousands for them and eventually
all they are worth is the price of scrap metal.  Computers.
How many of us paid a thousand dollars for one with a
286 preocessor?  How much is one of those worth today?
With Poser 5 we paid a few hundred a few years ago and
we have had years worth of fun with it.  Now E-Frontier
is giving away an obsolete version they no longer even
sell so other people can have fun with it.  The alternative
would be to just scrap it and not let anyone have access
to it anymore.