Since marketing is an inherently non-technical endeavor, it's possible that DAZ themselves doesn't even know the details of their own new deal. And, DAZ may go through a period of instability (it may be in one now), as they are making a big change. We're not going to get the whole picture until we get it ourselves. At this time we may be wise to assume the worst, and develop our Plan B.

Economically, we're in a period similar to the Great Depression. Two thirds of the auto manufacturers went out of business at that time. What's fascinating, and rarely mentioned, is that the 30s was the finest decade of art and design of the century. I think as artists we can work around the rentware craze.