[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by Barcham

It's only natural that most of the people switching are coming from VB because VB is the most used forum package out there. Everything is relative. If you asked new Apple computer buyers what their last computer ran if it was not an Apple, chances are that the vast majority of people would say that it was a Windows based system. If you get a 95% rating on that question, you may want to attempt to say that the majority of Windows users were switching to Apple. But you'd be wrong.

One thing XF have going for them is a significantly lower price which could make a difference for people on a limited budget who want to start a forum or those using a much older version of VB who want to upgrade.

The price is not really that much lower if you add up the options you need like the search and the resource manager. These are basically built into Vbulletin.

Now Can we please stop talking about xf? That was not the purpose of this thread at all. It is like comparing a Classic Corvette to an old Ford Pinto(I used to have one of these).

#Now back op topic - I am happy for the most part with Vb4.2.2 but surely will not spend money on Vb5 or encourage anyone else to do so until it is out of beta. It may not be labelsed beta but it sure seems that way to me.

I was very upset about the license change that happened right after the ownership change and I do believe Jesloft was much better for all of us but I still believe at this time VB is tops and there is nothing better.

As far as Vb being in trouble goes, while certain things may have declined I do not think this software is even close to being in trouble when there is nothing else out there that comes close.

Just my opinions on this matter for what ever that is worth.