As I mentioned above Carrara's Genesis functionality is of no use to me, but Poser compatibility is essential. If Daz sells Carrara without Poser compatibility I will just stop using it.

Look at this app: http://www.cheetah3d.com/ list of features. It is priced at $99.- (Occasionally discounted to $69.-). In every respect it beats Carrara, but it's Mac only and does not have Poser compatibility.

If you're a Mac user and don't need Poser compatibility, Cheetah3D is a far better value than even a heavily discounted Carrara.

What is difficult to understand is that Cheetah3D is essentially a one man development, yet it has all the features that you could wish for in a well-behaved 3D app. So how come Daz with its quite large dev team can't do what a one man team can?