Quote - I still find it hard to believe that in these tight economic times that DAZ would pass up the profit-making opportunities they could get from the wider Poser community by creating a new figure with this kind of exclusivity. I. E. Does NOT work in Poser, only DAZ Studio.

Well, this has been discussed pretty much to death is just about any forum that knows who Daz and Millenium figures are. There are all sorts of possible reasons, and really: it's all speculation at this point.

Personally, I see this as an opportunity for the Poser community.

I've been having a play with 3rd-party figures - just writing a Post-240 shader for Mariko by DTG. These new figures offer heaps of new ideas and approaches. We need to get out of the rut and start thinking along new lines. Instead of trying to make a heroic figure (8 1/2 foot) into a shy, tiny demure one, why don't we start with an inherently smaller figure and go from there?

Just a thought.

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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

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