Dawn can't "mend fences".  Only DAZ can do that, and they have made it quite clear that they have no intention of doing so.  It is what it is.

I don't view Dawn as a white knight - I view it as another character. I am just as likely to use Dawn as I would V4, or Sydney, or Miki (any of them).

I am cannibalizing my V4 content with Texture Transformer, Wardrobe Wizard, and Xdresser, but I have been doing that for all of my characters ever since Wardrobe Wizard was first unleashed.

I like the fact that Dawn was built for Poser 9+.  I'll like her even better once Hivewire3d get off their asses and release the morph pack they have been working on.  They also need to get cracking on Dawn's male counterpart, Dusk.

I'll love her forever, if we can get the vendors to get off the "whites only" kick and if they will let the Poser 4 paradigm go.

That may be a bridge too far however........