To me the fact of if there will be a Poser 8 was never a question since  I read the thread six months ago  (@Baggingsbill: you can discover secrets when you read between the lines, NDA or not) but what is more important: When! SInce it was almost two years ago since we got Poser 7, I expect Poser 8 to arrive before christmas (... quickly hiding my christall ball...)
Anyway, Smith Micro is more sensitive than DAZ, by saying nothing about its coming release, in this way we all get surprised and we don't get disappointed. ( TADAA! here's poser 8!!!)
I'm still happy with Poserpro, which is nothing more then a faster Poser 7 and some bells and whistles, but I like new improvements and features.  Heck, I'm still gasping about Autocad2010!
My only hope is a suitable price, nothing fancy, just something that's nice for my creditcard.

Best regards,

Bopper.

-How can you improve things when you don't make mistakes?