I was speaking in a general sense as your initial statement was pretty much open to various interpretations and wasn't specific in its intent.

You are of course correct in that this action has already been taken... whats left is for the users to decide if we are comfortable with this and if we wish to continue running our communities on this platform or if we wish to take our business elsewhere. The nature of this conversation is to determine the facts and figures that will help us make this decision.

As for the "issues" there are a few dozen between this thread and the one on vbulletin.com. The concerns are being voiced, its up the company to address.

I'm afraid I have to disagree. Many people have invested money, time, and more into this software and now they have concerns. It's better to sort through the problem or to see the situation "issue" more clearly.

• Look at the problem in a new or different way.
• Gain new insight into the situation.
• Find out that you are not alone. You may find that many other people share concerns.
• Identify options or solutions you hadn't thought of before.

I reckon IB's going to keep Jelsoft for a year or so, and when it's at a high value, sell it off.

Let me tell 'ya...

I hope NOT seeing unwanted Ads in any vB page or product...

I too would like it better if Jelsoft was bought by a software company. If Google bought Jelsoft that would have been good :)

But it's not all that bad, IB is a .com investor, or it looks like it to me. Investment alone could help Jelsoft grow and create more products for us to use. I'm not terribly impressed with Project Tools, but the Blogs have a chance.

As for being a volunteer at vB.org, last I heard this site is for forum administrators and hobbyists to share modifications of their boards, that should be the reward in itself. Not related, but mod users that expect professional support of free mods amuse me.

I don't think everyone should release everything here for free, and I have no problems with coders looking for paid jobs, but it's really annoying to see "lite" versions of paid mods on a forum whose intent is for sharing work.

I know I have strayed from the topic, but I think a new forum should be created, called Paid Mods, where coders would be allowed to create a topic for each paid mod advertising it. I'm going to create a topic about his on the Feedback forum right now, drop by if you like the idea.

Google isn't a software company. They are an Advertising Company who uses vertical market search engines to sell such advertising.

I'm gonna quote you saying Google isn't a software company...

Wayne is 100% correct here ... they are not a software company, they are an advertising company. They do a lot of software and product development for the simple reason that it helps drives advertising revenue. This is an excellent example of what I meant earlier about acquisitions supporting a company's core focus and the importance of having a single vision for each department and entity to work towards.

Oh well, you two are probably right. No Jelsoft for Google then.

Perhaps you are here for the wrong reasons. This community was established to give users a place to share their modifications and work together.