EClark1894 posted at 10:52PM Wed, 17 July 2019 - #4357281

They'd go belly up tomorrow.

And how many people said that about DAZ's idea to give DS away? Lots. And yet they're the ones eating Poser's lunch, and have been for quite some time.

Ironically, Daz claims that Studio was created as a hedge against Poser going out of business.

Which means that irony has a wicked sense of humor.

Have you ever read Blender's history? Go to Blender.org and do so. Blender is the brainchild and struggle of one man to keep Blender going. They only have two full time employees. And while it sounds nice, not everyone can afford to work for a free and open source organization.

I have. Tell me how it can't apply to Poser. It was also the product of one man who took it commercial, and while that worked out for many years, that model seems to be petering out, which each company acquiring it playing a form of corporate musical chairs, trying not to be the last one standing when the music finally ends. Smith Micro managed to avoid that fate when they unloaded Poser on Bondware