Yeah, I agree that pro SR2 would have been nice. But there's no business case for doing it, as far as I can see.

Retro-fitting new (Poser 8) features to an old (Poser 7-based) product and releasing it as an SR2 would, I imagine, be a major headache, generate zero new revenue, and delay the development of the new things in the pipeline that will, we are told, 'blow our minds'!

So SM will undoubtedly concentrate on stabilising and improving Poser 8, and building the next Pro product upon that new foundation. I'm okay with that approach.

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)