As I said this thread, regarless of how well I may have worded it, or how I could have presented the know information, then my speculation, still would have gotten an immedate deletion, because the subject is taboo on the DAZ forum.

The new virtual store; or what it may be called in the end, will, after a purchase download and install your content for you.

But I read nothing of any other options being offered. So I speculated that there wouldn't be other options. Making DAZ a closed system exclusive to studio users. Even though Carrara 8.5 will be able to use the new file format and work from a content folder. I still want no part of an automated system.

DAZ_Rand in that other thread carried on through several posts about CMS and the new download install system. In fact he was rather adament about how we would like it. Yet never hinted that there may be another option.

CMS regalardless of how innocues it may be, still has the potential to be used as a DRM. And quite easily. As long as CMS is an option I can opt out of, I have no problem with it. But if it is some how turned in to a nacessity to download or use content I will have serious issues with it.

Lets see run though a sanario. Being an obstinet old fart I don't have CMS installed, and the new autodownloadinstall system is in place. And I buy some clothes for V4.

1. Will it work with out CMS?

2. If want to download and install to my V4 runtime in Poser format, will that even be possable with this system? More over wouldn't that mean I would have to go through the same process that I am going through now with these new installers, at check out?

3. Lets say I'm on Hulu watching Grimm and just doing a little shopping during a commercial. Would there be any way to delay the download so I can finish watching my show? And if I can delay it, and have to jump through the typical installer hoops to install to a poser runtime, how is that any different then what I am doing now, other then having to double click the installer in my downloads folder?

4. CMS will be part of an autoupdate program, will there be options to updating content with out CMS? Or say I have CMS installed and I'm on Hulu again but watching once upon a time, and DAZ does an update to somemthing, am I going to have to tolerate my bandwidth being eaten up by an autoupdate or will I be able to tell it just when it can autoupdate?