Apparently Smith Micro and DAZ managements are locked into a no holds barred challenge to discover who is going to make the most retarded choices. Smith Micro hit first, with a crippled Cycles, DAZ responded with DRM. I am waiting to see whether Smith Micro will concede defeat or up the game. In the mean time, this weekend I will start an assessment program about the viability of a non-Poser, non-Studio strategy.

I doubt that many people will go back to Poser but I think that a consistent amount of current DAZ customers will pass 4.9. Since in the past DAZ has already gone back on bad decisions (e.g. the one-mesh G1 vs. the sensible male/female mesh pair) it might be possible that in a couple of years DAZ will go back to an open approach.