Quote - I only respect musicians who build their own instruments.

Not quite the same.  Even the snobbiest 3D modellers don't create their own software.

I honestly have seen a decrease in anti-Poser snobbery in recent years.  It's nowhere near what it used to be, in large part thanks to improvements to the software, and also the quality of art that is put out there from it.  Also, I see more modellers actually providing models to the Poser community than ever before.  The snobbery seems far less than say 5 years ago.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.