On 12/20/2014 9:39 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 19.12.2014 um 17:03 schrieb Patrick Elliott:
>> Don't know. Maybe they did something saner in "newer" version but.. Lets
>> compare.
>>
>> Daz3D - download the free download manager and get.. free Daz3D, then
>> the manager tracks all purchases and installs them as well, as you buy
>> the bloody things.
>
> Love that, too. Unfortunately it only works with stuff bought on Daz3D,
> though technically Poser-compatible stuff from, say, Renderosity can
> also be used in Daz3D. With Poser, on the other hand, everything is
> equally cumbersome to install.
>
> The thing is, SmithMicro is apparently making most of their money by
> selling the Poser software, and they know that content-wise they have
> tremendous allies in 3rd party shops, so they have no interest in
> keeping their user base limited to the SmithMicro shop. Daz3D on the
> other hand is obviously making most of their money by selling content,
> so they have great interest in binding customers to /their/ shop alone,
> which they do by making /their/ stuff install like a charm; and as far
> as I'm concerned, this strategy works perfectly.
>
Except, in this case, they have pissed me off enough, since just 
installing their bloody program is such a pain, never mind something 
else, that I don't plan to buy any newer version. So.. yeah, real 
winning strategy there. At least, as Doctor John comments about 
Microsoft, *they* had people by the balls, since there just wasn't any 
other option but Windows, mostly. Smith Micro doesn't even have the lint 
from people's underwear to grab hold of.

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different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get 
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