Dosen't that DS download number combine all the new versions and the re-downloads becuase other problems and bugs? They pimp them out on a regular bases.

The DS is FREE thing is getting real old. DS is so expensive now. The last 4 plugs advertised are over $100. Animation time line and some lighting. DS is costing hundreds of dollars now and still doesn't do what Poser can but Dazites are still chanting, "it's free," mantra. Don't forget the long waits to get plugs you have payed for to get updated to work with the latest and greatest version.

I think DS is a good thing for competition. With luck, push Poser owners to develop Poser farther. I don't use it, I have DL the latest to see what has been done but I don't use it, I don't even keep it on my machine. OK, so I don't even install it to my main machine, I don't want any of that on it. I use my smaller machine so It's no big deal to reformat and wipe it out of existence. LOL,

"OK ... four years for DAZ Studio's development so far.  It probably took the same four years for Poser to reach Poser 2 or 3."

Not really fair statement. think about it. Poser was doing something new and had to figure out how to do it. Daz has had a template and the formula already there. Daz may be using more up to date coding but they didn't have to start from scratch like poser did.

"But Poser does sorta feel like it's in a bit of a quandry these days, with big-time features that most users never even look at, which would make me question whether or not to keep them in for the next version."

Thus the point of having the different versions of poser. One full of all the features, one normal and one basic. Developing on them in that way. Same as what Vue does. Or what Daz does with Carrara.