Afrodite-Ohki posted at 7:41 AM Fri, 27 September 2024 - #4489788

Smith Micro took good care of it for a while, then as soon as it was no longer as profitable, they just completely cut up the entire development team and abandoned it. THAT was the worst part, because those years of complete radio silence were the ones that allowed all other programs to race well past Poser technology-wise and take almost all its users and content creators. With Renderosity, what happens is that Poser is now in the hands of a company that has more interest in it (as it also sells content for it), but also didn't have prior experience with developing software (it was a website development company), as far as I know. The team is capable, but small. Fixes and new features come slow.

This. As one of those who was blindsided by Smith Micro in an all hands on deck telephone meeting (three days before Thanksgiving 2016), the way Smith Micro let the entire Poser team go was BRUTAL. The meeting was not even 15 minutes long and  email accounts were locked and closed within that time. The team was later replaced with people that knew little to nothing of Poser and the application languished for five years. At least Renderosity had the smarts to hire back some of the original development team and get the application back on track.

Meanwhile, Smith Micro's stock is floundering and hanging on a knife's edge.

Is development at Rendo slow?  Yes. But at least it's moving and heading in a better direction. God, I hope they don't tie Poser to a specific modeling application. That would be a huge mistake.