hornet3d posted at 6:15 PM Wed, 12 April 2023 - #4461963

Considering the deceitful way SM introduced the deadly deactivation feature with Game Dev I struggle to see how SM did Poser users any favours then or after they sacked the dev team.  I am much happier that Poser is in the hands of Bondware than being left under the ownership of SM.

Well this brings us to the big question. Who is the owner of Poser ? Is Bondware only owner of 11.2 up or is Bondware owner of Poser ? You might have to think like a businessman, so who did really hit the kill switch after the contract have been signed? Not only Game DEV but also Poser 11.1 ... has there ever been a statement from either side, or were all these just assumptions of users? If you have a little Knowledge of functionality about these activation features, checking a little the way poser is programmed, fallowing the Links then these will lead you to the culpid. 

The contract was clear it was not only a purchase of a Application but it included all costumers including there information there accounts there purchases. This is how business runns. If a hacker can remove that kill switch the day of P13 release, why is it so hard for the owner removing it him self ( Talking about the actual ) not the one who had it before. So who do you think is in charge and how easy would it of been keeping poser DEV active. The one who sold the rights is not in charge for this happening, the decision was taken by the new owner and no one else. Luckily Previous poser had no built in Kill link in the EXE else you can only imagine what would of happen.