[MPDev]

People often forget that the developers of software are running a business - and acquisitions are a normal part of doing business, as is taking on investors or selling out. Motivations are different for everyone, but we all seek to cash out at some time when we build a company - I myself have sold a few and it's part of making a living.

Change of any kind scares people; but it's how you look at it that defines you. Are you an optimist or a pessimist? As an optimist I think that the influx of capitol and resources will help vBulletin - although I doubt cash was a problem to begin with.

At the end of the day the only people entitled to any kind of payment are the shareholders; the rest of us are just along for the ride.