I have been negative so far in my comments about the new owners.  Now let me share my hopes for Poser going forward:

Looking at SM's existing strengths and domain, poser looks all poised to become a distributed computing app.   So perhaps I shall be able to use Poser from any pc anywhere in the world, with either a broadband mobile connection, or an installed high-speed cable connection.

I could be possibly looking at :

• Network rendering on a scale never before imaginable;
• Access to Poser and to content stored on remote network storage, on a pay-per-use or subscription fee;
• Collaborative scene creation on a scale never before imaginable;

what else, what else....

Eternal Hobbyist