Honestly, I don't really care who takes over Carrara, as long as they get it away from DAZ. The one reason why I loved Carrara was because of Transposer. I could do all of my work in Poser, my posing program of choice, and then render it and build a scene in Carrara. That was the perfect workflow for me. But it seems DAZ has made a concerted effort to make Carrara as Poser un-friendly as possible, so it's highly unlikely I'll shell out any money for Carrara 9 whenever it comes out.