i have been reading over some of the threads about illegal boards and whatnot and i am seeing a trend appearing, they don't want to pay money for a quality product.

In the same way that i would not walk into a shop and steal a camera, i would not go to an unscrupluous supplier of vBulletin, supplying it to the mass market for free, and so having the staff of jelsoft, who no doubt some are married with kids, go without valuble money.

I use vBulletin on various sites daily and would love to purchase it, but at the moment i am too young to have the amount of cash spare to purchase such a product, let alone having my mum let me buy it.

Now all i have to say to those people who want to have a forum but don't have the cash to spend: LIVE WITH IT. There are plenty of alternatives out there, that i am sure are perfectly good for a low to medium traffic site, the new versions of phpBB and ikonBoard are shaping up nicely, and I'm sure that they would do well for you until you have the cash to buy vB.

Anyway, have a good day

- Andrew