Quote - The phrase "after all this time" refers to the time since 2004. Four years, in case anyone's counting.

That's a long time for any 3d program, especially one supposedly so high-profile and one that has been hyped so much outside the Poserverse.

Heh - it hasn't (IMHO) been hyped hardly at all outside... sure, it got some press in fits and starts, but seriously, if they really wanted to hype it? Here's how you do it:

1. build a Linux version and get it included as part of the Ubuntu and Mandriva Distributions. Literally millions of potential customers per quarter right there.

2. hold regional contests with major art societies, artistic and media-centric departments at major colleges, etc. Total cost is some copies of content and maybe a few high-end 3D/CG app licenses.

3. make a kid-friendly content package, and have Disney give it away on their website.

4 - 10^90) lots and lots of other means that DAZ (nor CL, nor EF, nor...) have tried.

Quote - Poser didnt hit its real stride till version 4 came out, which was roughly 2001, not the early 90s.

Doesn't matter - Fact is, even @ 2000-2001, Poser had roughly twice the lead-time. ;)

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