ashley9803 opened this issue on Feb 18, 2008 · 139 posts
MikeJ posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 7:16 PM
Is it just me or does it seem kind of odd that Smith Micro would be buying Poser? Considering they seem to specialize in wireless communications technology and all.
I bet they unload Poser by the third quarter of 2010 at the latest. Just a feeling. They don't seem like Poser People.
Hell, they mentioned the 30,000+ prefab models available from Content Paradise in their little promo, but failed to mention DAZ and the enormous success of the Mil People. Obviously they're in competition, and maybe they're not legally allowed to mention, say Vicki, but it doesn't seem to be smart advertising to use the CP stuff as your sole credentials. I'd venture to say if Poser suddenly couldn't import DAZ models, or went to a proprietary format (.pz8?, anyone?) , more than half the user base would disappear overnight, never to look back.
Why is E-frontier unloading Poser anyway? Why did this seemingly un-poserlike company give them six million for it?
Things might get interesting in the Poserverse again.