There was some worry expressed awhile back that Studio was indeed getting ready to go off into the cloud, around the time their new Content Management System/Installer program was announced if I remember correctly. Of course this was dismissed as being "not something in Daz's plans" or words to that effect, but that was then. Now, who knows? If Adobe somehow manages not to completely BLEEP! off the majority of their customer base over this "cloud" service replacing software as we know it, other companies including Daz and SM may very well reconsider their future strategy. :shudders at the thought: