I read a blurb in a computer magazine about the imminent release of Poser (aka Poser 1) in the early 90's.  I recall placing monthly calls to Fractal Designs as deadline after deadline passed for over a year before the young lady who always answered the phone (Barbara? Dianne?) would finally take my pre-order. Another 8 months of calls before it was finally shipping, and I got my copy.  Played with it thru 2, 3, 4, and finally got fairly serious with P4/ProPack.  Bought P5, 6, and now 7, but still most familiar with P4/PP.
Updated to new computers at least 9 times since then, but I still have 5 or 6 versions installed even now.