2/19/08

***"Subject: How much would you pay for a good Poser?"

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I already paid for a good, fast, stable, featureful Poser 7. It just hasn't arrived yet. Not that the Poser team didn't make a good stab at the project, but there is a huge amount of work to accomplish, a long list of features requested over the last several versions, and a number of bugs to fix. I await what I paid for.

On another point, isn't this a Poser Forum? I ask because sometimes it is hard to tell. I thought there were forums for Vue, Maya, Daz Studio, and others. Why does every topic turn into a "get rid of Poser and use [insert favorite sofware here]" discussion? Can't software package evangelists rave about their favorite software in the forums dedicated to that software? Does every one who doesn't use Poser feel obligated to haunt forums that obviously do not offer information about the software that they do use? Are these software cultists flirting with conversion back to Poserism?

Smith Micro has the resources to invest in Poser to advance the package along the lines that many of the users want. Seeing that the purchase of E-F America was in the works for a while, Poser Pro may be SM's idea anyway. It remains to be seen if SM will feel that the Poser line is worth the investment. Getting a service release to address known bugs and issues would do a lot to convince me and everyone that SM is serious about developing Poser further.

LMK

Probably edited for spelling, grammer, punctuation, or typos.