i am ( or was) an avid DS user, only got Poser because i needed it as a beta tester.

i still love using DS3A, bought many plug-ins for it ( and DS2). but i will not be upgrading to DS4, in any form. tried it, hate it. i was very vocal in the forums at DAZ over the complete mess they had made of my favourite 'go-to' app. DS4 has the same bugs in it now, as it did in pre-release beta. reporters were basically ignored unless it was something that DAZ wanted to hear.

another point of contention is the CMS, those of us who really know how to dissect code have found that the way it as been developed is to look for 'AllPorts' instead of just the internal ports it needs to function. in actual fact it 'pings' all the external ports long before it tries any internal port for access to the database. so if your firewall is not configured correctly( most hobby users won't know how to do that) your rig may be left open to anything that drives by.

also, there was no need for it to install as a Windows service( no other database i know of requires that) the reason for it is very clear, it was EASIER to code it as a service, instead of doing the job properly. ( basically they have cut and pasted code together from various sources and fudged it just enough to get it working)

i also stopped my PC membership, as i could see that the way things were going that less and less content would be in that category. PC members will get less for their money in the future, as less and less of the older content will be available and the new stuff will likely by mostly Genesis format.

i will be upgrading my Poser, if i can afford it, as DS is/will be uneconomical to upgrade to the equivalent i have in DS3A. even if i could stand the b****** awful GUI.