Perspective, boyos (and girlos)..;)  In the grand scheme of life, how much tsuris is this worth?..;)
In the grand scheme of things, Poser is a tool...to make art (make art button notwithstanding..;). There's no reason it has to be the only tool in the box (to a hammer, all problems look like a nail..;)
There's plenty of room for modelers, renderers, and (gasp) postwork.

I come from a society where competition is praised (or at least given lip service..;) Having Daz compete with Poser is going to make both packages better, with more features, better support, or any angle to get market share away from each other. Heck, Microsoft and Apple cooperate (grudgingly), but there's MS packages that run under Macs. Could be the same thing here.

I've gotten lots of nice things from both Poser (Free 5), and Daz (D|S, the Millenium characters, and numerous freebies), so I really can't complain about either.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)