Quote - It is not difficult to understand why people are angry with Daz. Daz and Poser had a perfect relationship with products that supported each other. Then Daz decides to set up shop of its own. A Coup d'état if you will.

Well, not quite...

 

Back in 2002, EGISys (which ran Poser at the time) decided that, when they were going to release Poser5, they would change a few things (as mentioned above). 

Then there was the crisis in which EGISys was choking on seawater, drowning, and if Poser died off, DAZ was suddenly stuck with the possibility of not having a market anymore. 

What began as a means for self-survival became a project that, at the time, really kicked ass (disclosure - I was in on it, so opinions will obviously vary). We wound up with an app that ran way faster than Poser5, did the job a lot better if you were sticking with P4 bits, and has an internal setup that is as flexible as an Olympic gymnast in a gangbang. 

This rightly scared the crap out of the Poser devs, enough that they came out with a product that's actually worth a damn. Like DS, it has bugaboos and problems, but hey, I work with them both and manage to get along.

The rest I can safely ignore, since I never use that one tool. shrug