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So DAZ should have stuck with the abilities of the version of Poser available when they started developing Genesis? 

 

shrug - they should do whatever they want, IMHO. If it results in a better experience and a better figure, cool - they'll see an increase in users and community, and the CG hobbyist community will migrate to it. If it doesn't work out, they'll find out soon enough and mend their ways as required.

As for the rest? A split between folks who wish they could get that Genesis flexibility into Poser, and folks who have their own agendas either against DAZ or for something else.

As for this mess? I've come to the conclusion that really, Smith Micro should be the ones to get Genesis into Poser if it becomes a consumer priority. Why? Because that's how the software industry usually works... Microsoft is the one who wrote the Open Document Format (.odf) plugins and readers for MS Word - OpenOffice.org didn't write it. Same with .doc capability in Open Office - the folks at OOo wrote the .doc importers and exporters. You name the product type, and it's all the same.

To be honest, there's usually IP licensing involved as well.