[quote[I am sure the 2nd & 3rd rate vendors will whine about this (like they whine about everything else), but at some point, we have to let Poser 4 and the 20th century go.

That is very easy for you to say, you don't depend on sales. I'd love to let Poser 4 go and offically my products do not support Poser 4 anymore, only poser 6 and up. BUT...... yes there's a huge BUT. If I want my products to be DS compatible without knowing too much about DS, I still need to think and build content the Poser 4 way. DS is a hopelessly outdated application, it's only Poser 4 compatible when it comes to materials. Unless I'm going to build my materials in DS from scratch, but I'm not going to do so. I do not wish to learn DS at all. So vendors who want their products to be DS compatible without knowing too much of DS, are stuck in Poser 4 mode or lose a lot of customers.

Now I agree that vendors should include mc6 mats as well and all the other things you've stated. But leaving Poser 4 in the past is hard to do for a vendor. Unless you make the same choice as I've done lately...... drop DS support completely. I want my products to move on, not be in the past. So it's either learn DS or drop support. I have no desire at all to learn and use DS and to be honest, I've got better things to do in live then learn an application I don't even like or want. On top of that the hostile attitude DAZ still has towards Poser users and also against non-DAZ vendors, is not very stimulating for me to use DS. So, sorry DS users, you have to get your DS toon items somewhere else from now on, I'm focussing 100% on Poser. Perhaps more vendors should do so, but that may mean a loss of customers to them. For me it worked out fine, I don't seem to be loosing out to many sales. Yes, part of my long time customers are very unhappy and stopped buying, but new ones have come also, so it works out evenly.

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Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk