I will disagree.

Poser is where you will want to end up because of the better tools it offers. If you begin by learning the Daz interface, it will only make the Poser interface more difficult to learn. I recommend Poser Debut. It is free for the first 30 days and $50 thereafter. I think you'll get a better idea of 3D this way than going with something that you'll need to abandon at some point.

My $.02