I agree with Philebus also.  If Poser Debut were provided as a framework and the missing features could be purchased as "plugins" then it would be a DAZ Studio approach.  I think it could be a great introductory tool and certainly targeted to those very unfamiliar with what all of us do on a daily basis.

I'd love to see a modular approach though and it's certainly possible with python (and to a greater extent wxpython for integration) only because these entry users are going to miss out on a lot of toys that are available from developers all around the Poserverse.  I think a lot of people would, in fact, warm up to a design that you only buy what you feel that you need, such as the hierarchy editor, animation capability, talk designer, dynamic cloth and so on.  I would also keep the application "lightweight" to some degree.  I think that you're just hearing some dissapointment because this hasn't been a road traveled yet.

Thanks for sharing more information on Debut though, it should be a good learning tool. :)

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