Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Perhaps it's a matter of philosophy with Hivewire -- perhaps they want to continue the tradition of dual compatibility, even when it may not be the most perfectly efficient use of time and energy. 

I guess it's unfortunate that philosophy don't pay the bills. Naturally vendors will gravitate where they feel they can accomplish the most, whether that's sales, popularity, supporting the community, or simply feeling appreciated by their customers.

I think it was well intentioned, however the philosophy of "Separate but Equal" has never really worked in the past. Someone always loses out as some things won't be available for purchase because of the platform they use. And if the burden of getting products to market involves vendors doing things two different ways to get the same result for two programs, for the same amount of income, they won't do it for long... especially when the programs have two different sets of features that you may or may not be able to take advantage of in their products.

Well, I believe Hivewire's offering a conversion service which does take some of the burden off vendors. And as development on Dawn continues, truth is, she may lure enough trait-, uhm, DS converts back to Poser to make the whole thing worthwile for Hivewire.

Now, now, what did TinaK saw about the personal comments? ;) Vendors pay bills with sales, not philosophy.

But I do find it interesting that even though the service has been in place for a while, no one takes them up on their offer.