Quote - I think DAZ were genuinely taken by surprise when SM rejected their file format.

Sure, you could say, DAZ should not have put all their eggs in the one basket and relied on the kindness of compettitors. So now they are paying the price by hurriedly having to replicate that work and trying to squeeze genesis into a CR2.

 

IMHO, they weren't surprised. They're whole point in pushing Genesis before POSER 9 came out was to get Poser users to pressure SM to add support for Genesis. Pressure that wouldn't need to be supplied if SM was already inclined to add that support.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad SM added weightmapping support. It's great that Poser supports the Animatable Joint Centers. So frankly, I think Poser has at least met DAZ halfway without giving up their autonomy. It's up to DAZ the go the other half. Frankly, at this point I'm with Robinsveil and just don't care anymore. Primarily because unless I can get Genesis without having to get Studio, I just don't want it.