Well I reckon it is fairly simple folks DAZ probably sat down around Xmas time and after a great deal of discussion realized that Poser 5 would be a dud and decided to start on a similar program. They must have known by that stage that the code was not being completly rewritten and as such Poser5 was doomed. There has been quite a bit said about whether DAZ bought POSER 5 . WHY WOULD THEY BOTHER. I have said it before.Curious Labs will be gone by the NEW YEAR. The recent discounted price is an indicator of worse to come. The whole saga is a bit sad, but Curious Labs sowed the seeds of their demise back when they failed to fix the P4 render problem. We could have all lived with P4 for another year if that had been fixed ,and as it turns out will probably have to, untill DAZ release their program.