Quote - oh oh I had an epiphany today while in the surf....

daz isn't really charging us for the upgrade, they are charging us for the content that is bundled in with it, and the update is free

my reasoning: it's become apparent that the new serial numbers were screwed up and had a limiting date because they were carried over from the beta  - the way around this was posted on the daz forum - change the date on your computer to the date before the beta expired

i'm assuming that daz has done the same thing with the previous beta serials - that they can be tricked if you change the date on your computer and therefore still be usable

if this is the case it means that some unscruplous people who have an old serial can use the beta for free still. so Daz has shot herself in the foot.

and also poses a situation where daz can put an expiry date into any registration serial, so that your carrara can be unusable sometime in the future..

 

David, thanks for your thoughts on getting poser and carrara to talkkas far as obj sizes!

Makes sense to me. There are plenty of people who have said they'd rather have the update without the content at a lower price, mostly because they have the content already (hardly a great value if you already have the supposed 'free' stuff). Some actually asked DAZ if they would sell just the update without the content and the answer was a flat no. One word answer, no elaboration, just 'no'. That tells me that the content is what they're really charging us for.

The thought of DAZ giving time controlled serial numbers is troubling. Next thing would be a subscription service for Carrara. I would NEVER go for that.

Oh, and you're welcome. :)