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I for one want the Daz users to know about this as they should be able to look at the market(the whole market) and make a choice before investing hard earned dollars. 

 

I hope to hell they do make the thing, and --more importantly-- that it takes off and is useful. Keeps everyone on their toes, and the winner is usually those of us who primarily consume stuff.

Certainly when it comes to apps I have my biases (D|S is --albeit in a very small way these days-- my baby, though it has many parents). On the other hand, when it comes to figures? I honestly don't care who makes the mesh - as long as I can make it do what I want it to, the results look good, and I can get/make stuff for it with little effort.

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Quote - SmithMicro is on NASDAQ, and Daz is not, being a privately held company. Now, there are a lot of reasons why a company might not have gone public, but it means that they aren't required to release financial statements. I've been an investor for a long time (a small one...), and I am very leery of private companies.

One bit you may have missed - Poser has been passed around to quite a few companies (and at least 3 continents) over the years. How it survived the dot-bust I'll never guess.