Why live in the U.K. when they are hiring in the USA
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers...T&cws=2&rid=65

That is not Jelsoft hiring, and that job offer has already been posted before Jelsoft was acquired as far as i know.

I hope the (technical) staff will benefit from this financially, I think they do deserve this...

For all the doom-thinkers: there are a lot of (good) alternatives, so if the new 'managment' will screw up, they'll be 'corrected' by the customers soon and hard enough :) so, no worries with me...

actually, negociations for aquiring Jelsoft did not start 2 days before the announcement... and i'm sure it is not from last week either... so i suppose the IB guys had something in mind when they posted this job call...

actually, this is a good job call... why someone would have a problem with it ?!.. .that just mean that IB have a lot of vBulletin boards - all their sites are managed with vB for the curious...

people are freaking about the transaction but damn, the deal is good, why focus on that... it is not Jelsoft the problem actually...

As with any business the owners are seeking a profit, so if they have an opportunity to better themselves, good deal. Only time will tell if the new owners keep the product first rate and affordable.

actually, they will keep it good priced or they will loose all the actual market. ... the new products released or to be released by Jelsoft are to be bought firstly by actual clients... if the prices higher even just a penny from the plans, they would loose everybody's perspective.

They have bought a brand that is not only depending on the product (vBulletin) but is also greatly depending on the name we have in the market regarding to the quality of the product and the support given.

I doubt I.B. will make any changes that would degrade the "value" of the brand. If they want to make a profit of the transaction then it does not seem wise to change the value the brand has in the market.

PS 'Profit' is not always measured in hard cash only.

Nah, I.B. uses VB for all their stuff and they just got tired of hiring coders to make stuff for them so they just bought the Jelsoft Company to make more stuff for them.

Hey, could be true lol.

Most whiners here would sell there big forums in a blink if a good enough offer comes in. So why tie Jelsoft's hands? Some of these responses are so retarded, its even worse than childish. We can only hope the big gun running the show keep the focus on the customer, that's all. If they don't, another product will benefit from the repercussion.

Now let's quit whining already. It isn't like its going to reverse the sale anyhow...

I think ultimately every software developer wants one of two things, to either control the market being the biggest, the best and having subsidiaries like Microsoft OR to have their product brought out by one of the aforementioned companies. I would've hoped that Jelsoft would've held out for a Silicon Valley style company that specialises in software development as opposed to opportunist investors looking to make some money but alas. All bets are off as to the future of Jelsoft, but i suspect, or should i say hope that 4.0 won't be affected by this acquisition.