Quote - "made-up inside scoop"?  Alternatively, you can read the published information and make reasonable observations about that, and/or ask EF/Smith Micro employees that frequent the forum...

Yep, you can always do those things, too.  Although the employees tend to be tight-lipped for the most part -- and for good reasons.  Usually enforced reasons.

IIRC - A lot of people -- dare I say nearly everyone -- was taken by surprise over the inclusion of IBL/AO, back when a new version of Poser was released which introduced it to the program.  The final evaluations came in once we actually had our hands on the software.  Everything prior to that tended to fall into the realm of speculation.  But all of the forum in-the-know assertions probably made for amusing reading for the EF employees at the time.

In any case, I've yet to see a new software release -- be it Microsoft Office or Maya -- which came in 100% as advertised in advance.  It'll be an interesting historical footnote if upcoming versions of Poser do this.

Where did that initially-announced Lightwave support go..........?  Someone must have forgotten about it later on.

Something To Do At 3:00AM