Deecey posted at 9:35PM Sun, 22 November 2020 - #4405530

Care to share which new features of any consequence Smith Micro added after they let the original team go in 2016? I'm waiting. 8-)

I'M NOT. WHY YOU THINK I'M STILL WORKING ON P10 MAN?! THEY MESSED UP LETTING THAT ORIGINAL TEAM GO.

I know. I was one of them. And I will repeat. Poser 11 was doing just fine. The problem was that SM's IT division did poorly for a couple of years. There were layoffs company-wide. To cut costs, the graphics team (most of who were in California) were let go, and they moved graphics programming to Portugal where costs were lower. A couple of other people were added in Pennsylvania as well.

But there was very little done to Poser after the original team was let go (one "point" release and two bug fixes for that in 3 years time) and by the time Bondware acquired it I think the graphics division sales were down to probably 10-20% what they were before the original Poser and Moho teams were let go. Your comment would make sense if you got that email after 2016, when the original team was let go.

All of this is verifiable if you read their annual stock reports from 2016 to 2020, where quarterly and annual sales figures are listed.

It was well after 2016 - probably around the time Bondware was acquiring Poser legally from them. So 2017-18? I'd have to sort my inbox to find the exact mail and date. So then now you admit I'm not completely wrong? Wow, thanks. I agree mismanagement has been an issue for Poser. 11 was the first crash. You agree with that, yes? But the same path has been followed except Bondware is doing worse. I just don't think Bondware (good intentions or not) has the ability to field a team large enough to really bring Poser back up to where it should be. It's not the people working on it's fault - it's management. Either lack of effort or money - but either way it's management. They're who I'm fussing at. Programmers and tech only do what they're told. I've not yelled in their direction - not once! Give me some credit. I know what it is like to work for morons who don't listen to you and run whole companies into the ground.