As for the issue of giving away P5 for free vs. selling Poser Artist -- that's most likely a marketing strategy; and one that's being used for a number of reasons.  One likely reason being a roll-out to P7; another reason being to answer the competition; and yet another reason being to wean P4 holdouts off of the mother's milk of an old program -- on onto beverages of a more mature character.

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