David Wrote:
"Now we can just wait for Smith Micro to release information on the next version of Poser."

I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I'd be down the bookies betting that the next release of Poser will further demonstrate SM's ignorance.

I just visited a link here to see what's new in Anime Studio Pro 11, but didn't even get to finding out what's new.  I went straight for the system requirements after reading what they did with Game Dev, and sure enough, the lamers have decided to hold genuine paying customers to 'activation ransom' in order to use products they have paid for.  Not only have they enforced an Internet activation system (which will NOT stop piracy), they've even made it so that you have to periodically activate the software!

Who the fuck do these pushy fuckers think they are?

They should be thankful that honest people are prepared to pay for their bug-ridden crap in the first place, especially when there's far superior software out there for free.  All this bullshit ever does is inconvenience the genuine paying customers and DOES NOT stop piracy.  Anime Studio WILL be had for free soon enough, it's only a matter of time before every search on YouTube will start throwing-up links to hacked versions - even with all this crap in place.  The next version of Poser will no doub't have the same system, and if it does, people should refuse to buy it.

Potential purchasers should boycott this bullshit, and instead of buying the product, drop the bastards a quick email telling them why.  No company should be able to hold to ransome, the customers use of software they have paid for.  Once you've paid for it, you should be able to use it without any intervention from them whatsoever.  Holding genuine paying customers to ransom over an internet authentication is nothing but an ill thought out inconvenience for genuine customers.  Some customers don't even have internet connections.

My opinion, everyone should tell them to go and fuck themselves and move to Linux where you'll have Blender for everything 3D related, and GIMP for everything 2D.  You really don't need this shit and people really should stop supporting them when they pull crap like this.  I'm glad I saw it when I did, cause I'm not even bothering to install Windows after my reformat now, no need, I only needed Windows for Poser and won't be buying it anymore, so no point wasting time on it anymore.

Learning Blender is the most productive thing a person into 3D can do, and that's available on native Linux as well, so yup, thankfully, the days of these corporate wankers taking advantage of paying customers are rapidly coming to a end.  So, fuck SM and every bug-ridden peice of crap they ever charged me for.  And I can't wait for MakeHuman to reach it's next stage of development either, that's gonna be a real Poser Killer (good), and no licencing bullshit to worry about either.

See you all in Blenderland on Linux when you finally come to your senses like the rest of us have.

INSERT A SINCERELY EVIL SMILE HERE - AND I REALLY DO MEAN PURE FUCKING EVIL