And this pertains to a Poser forum how?

Right now the first page of this forums has threads about jokes of the day, a posing doll, an announcement about a con appearance, and a thread about the Indian film industry.. Are you seriously saying that this is more OT then that ?

I guess maybe some folks are wondering if Poser will have the same or something similar come next version?

Exactly. Personally I have zero interest in what posing tool anyone uses. I just think it is interesting that DAZ, which already had a decent renderer in 3delight are adding GPU rendering. If SM decide to compete by doing the same for Poser it would be the single most exciting development in Poser since forever.