>> This is because Apple went out of their way to insure as much backwards compatibility as possible under their circumstances (hence "Classic", Carbon Libraries, etc), and Adobe went out of their way to do the same with their apps. Not everyone has that luxury.

Uh, no. That's not how an Illustrator or a Photoshop file works, so your explanation is essentially useless, not to mention incorrect.

If one wanted a real comparison here, I'd point at something like GameMaker, a cute little program used to create card-based, point-and-click games, sort of like low-rent Myst. But it doesnt run on any OS beyond 8.

But the Illustrator system of vector points has not changed in over twenty years, which is why things built in 88 can still be viewed in CS2. The basic mechanics are the same. The bells and whistles that have been added since -- gradients, transparencies, and so on -- have all built on the basics established when Illustrator was first starting out, which is why those basics can still be read today. Apple's creation of Classic has nothing to do with it, nor do Carbon libraries, nor has any especially strenuous work on the part of Adobe. If anything, Adobe was sharp enough to realize that not everyone could afford to the latest version of their overpriced products: backwards compatability was a business necessity, just as it is in Poser.

Should you still find this doubtful, we just upgraded our offices machines to CS3, and for a laugh, I opened an 88 file. Still works. CS3 and OSX5 dont support Classic, remember?

And the same would hold true of supposedly "ancient" Poser materials. It's a geometry mesh just like every mathematically contsructed geometry mesh since 3D hit home PCs. A texture map is a texture map. A joint parameter is a joint parameter. While the program has built on these, the same basics apply equally to the P3girl and the latest wahoo version of Vicky: the latter is simply more complicated in its execution, but the core essentials are the same.

So stop whining about operating systems, especially Vista. :)

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