Quote - "Well, that's not ALL they're saying. DAZ Rand has stated that they, DAZ, wants to change the Poser community dynamic. meaning that they want Poser to have to follow their technological developments instead of the other way around...."

Well They have the right to pursue whatever technological
path they feel is in their interest Just as Apple inc. Did when they chose HTML5 over Flash for their portable devices  to the chagrin of many indie game developers,Whatever Changes that May occur in some groups "community Dynamic"  is just part of life in the Modern age

Daz is merely a 3D content company Making Choices for their product line.... thats the reality of  all this

A fully Functional "Vicky"  in Your Pet program/platform is
just a 3D model option....not a Moral obligation upon Daz or some Constitutionally Mandated Civil Right.

Cheers

I never said it was.  What I am saying is that whether the next version of Poser contains weightmapping or not, unless DS has something spectacular under the hood (and so far I see no evidence of that) I'm sticking with Poser and the figures I already have.