Well we users are partially to blame for the "bug ware" we get.  Users are always pushing for the release because of touted new features and they don't let up until the company releases the software.  Then everyone complains about bugs and crashes, etc.  I think it would be far better if new versions were released less frequently and had fewer issues--I'd be willing to wait longer.  I for one don't want a new version shoved in my face every year.  SeanMartin, I can appreciate the difficulties that some companies face, but by the time P5s bugs were cured version six came out--which had less issues for me, at the time it was an expensive software for me and essentially it just sat on my hard drive.   I had no issues with Poser 4 Pro Pack and that worked fine without crashes.  The Firefly render engine did work well, however, so I'd end up importing my Poser 4 scenes into P5 just to be able to use the better renderer.