kupa- I agree that outsourcing development tasks is an excellent idea, however, it should be completely transparent to the end user. We (the public) buy Poser 5 from Curious Labs. The content within it (unless otherwise noted) should have the same naming convention, whether it was made by Vicky in Washington (developing the "MansPyjama" object), Don in Florida (the "FemalePajama" object), or Judy in Japan ("BoyPJ" object). By the time the product is shipped to the end user, these objects should have the exact same name and the figure they apply to: "MalePajama", "FemalePajama", and "BoyPajama". We should never know that CL outsourced anything. We didn't implement a rigid naming system, though we should have Why not? Was it a case of running out of time? I know CL has ship dates to meet (as do all software development companies), but this is a VERY old argument: Does a company release their software knowing that it's not "100%" finished to meet the "ship date" or does a company delay shipment to finish everything? Either decision has its pros and cons. Of course, the practice now (for a number of companies) seems to be "ship now, patch later": let the end users be the final beta testers. After a few months of "public beta test", the company will release a patch that fixes everything that should have been fixed before the product was released. This is what Microsoft did with Windows- the "public beta" was Windows 95 and the "final, patched version" was Windows 98. And this is also why the prevailing attitude towards Microsoft products is "Don't install [the new piece of software] until the first Service Pack comes out so they can have a chance to fix everything." And when will the first Service Pack for Poser 5 be available? Also, let me ask another question: If you go to the beach and get bit by a mosquito, it's annoying, but you stay at the beach. But, how many mosquito bites does it take for you to leave the beach? Meaning, how many "inconveniences" does it take before people stop purchasing a company's product? --John

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