[dotJoel]

We choose VB over IPB for one main reason, stability. We believed Jelsoft was a further matured and stable company over Invision Power. With this accusation going ahead there is one fear, and that is that the inspiration, the visionary of the whole idea is no longer at the helm. And what is left is a group of managers, who can manage things very well as they have done, but too see no more new life coming into their hands.

Sorry but there is a much greater percentage of accusations that end up bitter then positive.

A company buys another company if it believes it can create better cashflow out of what is there. You buy a company to make money from it, you change the company so it makes more money for you, then you sell the company at a greater prices as the projected returns are now more then what they were when you purchased it.

VB now is in danger of becoming a cashball, a product, and no longer a community. It is in danger of going from company to company, with each one trying its best to increase its profitability during its short ownership then handballing it onto the next.

Anyone remember what happened to iKonBoard when Jeg / Jarvis came about ? Ahh that's right, the core team ran like hell to make Invision Power Board.

We started with IPB, looks like in future we will return.

Hopefully I am proved completely wrong, and have to retract this post in the future. But chances are it won't exist 3 yrs from now.

Regards,

Joel