I doubt that either one is going away in the forseeable future. If the economy hasn't killed 'em by now, they'll survive. Even is SM follows the usual course and drops Poser after a version or two, someone else will buy it and carry on. I'm also dubious of the notion that Daz has enough mindless thralls using DS to get too far away from Poser. And Wolf, while I appreciate your learned and erudite commentary (seriously not being sarcastic there), your thinly veiled contempt for gets a little old after the fourth or fifth serving. We get the picture you've happy with your arrangement, no need to go all Marie Antoinette on the peasants.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken