I know I have huge misgivings about this development too!  The steady pace of development is one of the reasons I bought Carrara5.  I didn't upgrade to Bryce 5.5 because I saw no major improvements(not a DAZ-type guy) since DAZ bought it, though they did save it from a slow, lingering death with Corel. Maybe they will release Bryce6 soon and it will amaze long-time users with amazing new features and still be an easy entry into CG for the new user. Or, they may have just tacked on a newer, fancier DAZ figure importer and call it a full upgrade. I'm not into dressing up Koshini, though I have no probs with those that do. Carrara could be a "giant-killer" with its current development pace, and features. I hope DAZ will hang on to Eovia's development team. They would be World-Class stupid to let any of them go!!