LOL!

Okay - just being a bit silly here. But I've always found this "no compelling reason to upgrade" company line a bit ridiculous.

It's like a Cadillac franchise owner -- who has been cruising around town in their 1979 De'Ville -- saying in November 2013 - "no compelling reason for you to buy the new 2014 Escalade." Meanwhile at homebase - you're getting slammed with 25% off The World's Dopest 2014 Ride Black Friday coupons.

So we potential customers are scratching our heads, thinking ==> Okay... If Cadillac is cool with their '79 De'Ville - I should be good in my '82 Se'Ville then right? No need for the newest Escalade.. Perhaps Cadillac should get out of the car business?!

IDK - horrible metaphor throughout LOL -- But it just seems silly to me. I want to scream - Come on IB - Pimp the dot_org out with your flagship, world's leading community software.

Just sayin... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/12/5.gif

J.

I sincerely hope you meant vB4 :cool: not vB5 :erm:

:rolleyes:

Either/Or would be sweet for a change.
For sake of metaphor... It smells like there's oil burning. Though the motor is not knocking (or has been security patched), the Gremlin-like purple/blue/red/white/puke colors needs a new paint job. Okay - I digress. But yeah - Either/Or would be interesting to see, preferably at least 4.2 anyway :P

Though, if you look back, it was only one person who initially used the expression, and it kind of got latched on to. It probably was never the best way to put it, but suffice it to say, I can only imagine that if the site has been heavily modified to the point where it's functionally as stable and secure as any other version of vB, and without knowing the level of custom code integration (I mean, we could be talking about whole pages rewritten just for vB.org), then it probably really isn't worth the effort to rewrite an entire website. Then sit and wait for the bugs to be worked out, because it would be silly to think that a resigned on that level would be bug free. Then have to deal with all the outrage when any little thing goes wrong on this site. All for the purpose of having a different version number in the footer, and some different graphic design.

If it would fundamentally improve our experience, then I'd be all for it, too. But we're not a hobby board with a pack of third-party mods installed. We're an official board with God-knows what level of code modification that needs to remain stable for as long as possible. I've seen that type of advanced modification done to a board before, and they were vB 2 boards. Maybe not modern, or pretty, but every bit secure and functional. Boards modified on a level that they fundamentally weren't the same script anymore.

I'm pretty sure that's actually my line, and none of the admins here noticed I added it to their lines. :D

Anyhow, the automobile comparison really doesn't fly - seldom do auto companies totally screw up new models anywhere near as much as v4 and v5 are.

I have had exactly zero persons give me a compelling reason to "upgrade" from v3 to v4. Because there isn't one.

Just like there is no compelling reason to get the newest Cadillac if the one you have isn't giving you any trouble, suits your needs and your family (read: forum board members) like it.

Software doesn't wear out from use like a automobile can.

I see your point from a purely marketing perspective, however. The Cadillac dealer should always be driving the latest Cadillac - but other than for show, he has no compelling reason to do so.

vB dot com has the latest IB Yugo, vB dot org kept the Cadillac.

If we're really going to milk that metaphor for all it's worth, then it would probably be more accurate to say vB.org is still driving Knight Rider. Sure, Knight Industries Three Thousand was awesome, but would you really give up the original K.I.T.T. to drive him?

Can't "Like" that post so, +1. The metaphor really does fit.

Caveat: v4 and v5 aren't Knight Industries 3000, they are the Yugo.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it...

But it IS broke.... in so many ways.

But... It ain't.