You recall correctly Jackson, that is what Mr. Cooper said they were doing, although framework and ground are similar in interpretation they could be taken to mean different things - such as "we're working from the Poser 4 framework and bolting things onto it." Whatever, there are lots of things said in this very forum by certain personalities that have since transpired to be, shall we say, transient and inaccurate.

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Steve Cooper:
It may have been 2+ years since Poser's last release, but from the very start Curious Labs has always been about Poser and putting systems in place to develop and deliver the product. We do have to create other products though, one (as cool as Poser is) won't carry us. That said, we've been working on that next release of Poser for a long time, from the framework up, and in the process, stoking a few other irons in the fire so we aren't a one-trick publishing pony.