Maybe public source would help fix the current bugs, but it would also end Poser's viability as a commercial product. I don't think Poser is much like Linux or other open-source software. There's a huge number of Unix weenies out there who have the knowledge and skills to make useful contributions to those projects. Also, the software is rather general-purpose and attracts enough users to allow companies like Red Hat to make money just by preparing nice packages and selling support. I think Poser has a smaller user base, and a lot of it's users would rather use the software than tinker with it's innards. How many Poser users have program development tools (such as C++ compilers)? How many have both PC and Mac computers, and development tools for both, so they can work on porting issues? Even if there were enough technically-inclined people to do the coding work, are there enough users to make it worth someone's time to gather the pieces, test it, cut a release, prepare a manual, and do all the other work to put a nice package in the stores? Or would we have to live like the early Linux users, chasing all over the net for pieces, assembling them ourselves, and hoping it works?