Poser 5,6,7,  has run it's course,  the proof is in the selling price.  Smith Micro and the Poser dev team should consider two things:  1)  Refine the material room and add support for 1 point polys,  2)  Release an SDK.

As to my concerns about Poser's future,  2 reasons:  64 bit,  and lack of rigging in DAZ studio.

I agree about DAZ and Poser.  DAZ has a pretty good record of reworking others creations,  from Zygote's meshes to Metacreations Bryce and Ray Dream Studio.