Just a quick thanks to Deecey for your render and thoughts.  I've decided to keep the Dragon (I did pick up the more expensive verson.)  He might do fine in background renders and he will work nicely in Carrara and D/S, both of which I have and just need to sit down and master.

My only complaint with the whole one application vs another is the learning curve.  I've spent years learning the nuances of Poser.  I love the Material Room and have learned a workflow to get the best results from this piece of software.  As time marches on and things change (which is inevitable) I see that I really have to start all over again and learn these things again.

All the power to Daz if they can gain a market advantage, as someone pointed out, Poser depends heavily on Daz and if they can't keep up, well...

And even better if competition drives improvements.  This is idealogy behind free enterprise, isn't it?

Thanks all.