1. I wouldn't mind the instancing at all.  Sounds like a good idea to me. :)
2. I don't mind the post-Posette Poser figures.  I didn't care for Alyson.  I did like Sydney and the G2s.  Don't really care for the figures with embedded magnets too much, in general (think it's extraneous at this point) but it doesn't make me run for the hills.  Won't really get into it (again).
3. Don't look at the gallieries as often as others do so I'm not one to comment.  I make the stuff I enjoy making without (serious) regard to what the other guy over there is making.
4. Don't really agree because of the hitching oneself to another company thing.  Not really getting into it yet again. ;)

Really don't like generalizations about vendors "do this or that".  Everyone makes their choices based on their capabilities, what they enjoy doing and certainly what they feel will sell also works its way into that.  I have stuck with Poser 9+ and my lights are still on.  I feel, even though it might be some kind of a niche, that customers DO want to see products and tools that use the capabilities of recent versions of Poser to underline what they bought new versions of Poser FOR.  I think it's more than fair to support the current version of Poser and one version back (and further back, if possible, without having to make lots of concessions).
There is certainly, obviously, a market in grabbing the largest pool possible but it's not the end all, be all, period.

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