>> So, to spare you the personal inconvenience of having two versions installed - because the old versions still open your data right? - all development past a ten year old set of technology (Poser 4) must be avoided for everyone, whether they want it or not.  Right.

Pardon me, but in your rush to embrace the future, you're missing the point.

Backwards compatability is essential to any program if it wants to maintain its user base. I can open files built in Photoshop 1 and still see them. I can open files built in Illustrator 88 (those are twenty years old, in case you're counting) and still work with them. I dont need an intermediate program to step from one to another.

I'm all for forward technology, but to write off the past just because you find it laughable and ancient is, IMHO, rather shortsighted on your part... particularly when you see what the "wonderful new developments!" have brought us.

(Two paragraphs and a bit, in case you needed the count.)

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