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Originally Posted by noppid

Anyhow, for me it was about variations to catch the eye in this discussion. If a webmaster can't see past marketing to particiapte in quality discussions, then that webmaster probably has nothing to contribute.

Marketing and advertising are hard work and it works. It's easy to dismiss if you don't do it or understand it.

Actually, it is just the opposite of what you state. What "catches the eye." for some of us, is that you have little to no respect for Jelsoft, the vB brand or the vB community. That is what "caught my eye". You asked for an opinion, so be please be collaborative enough in your replies to at least respect the opinions you get from experts in the field (and not call them nonsense, LOL.).

In addition, you might consider reading the current literature on the concept of "Business Ecosystems". There is a lot of literature on this subject and to summarize the context here (vis-a-vis vB):

vBulletin is becoming (or is) a large business ecosystem of developers and users, based on the open nature and vision of Jelsoft and vB. The brand of this ecosystem is important because the brand identifies the *community*. All of us benefit from the ecosystem and the branding of the ecosystem, just like a well balanced lake is a healthy biological ecosystem.

So, here we are, we are patiently explaining to a poster, who asked for an opinion, about two important concepts in business, namely (1) branding and brand identity and (2) business ecosystems.

If this thread continues, we will be soon be talking about cooperative agents, cooperative game theory, markets, and economics, LOL. The posters will end up with an honorary degree in net-centric architecture and business ecosystems in an information economy, laughing out loud, if we keep this up for a few weeks or months!

Instead an on-line masters degree course work here, let's close with the concept of "community". The community is identified by vB and vBulletin, and not VB and VBulletin. Please respect the community and be a part of it, and help keep the vB ecosystem healthy.

Thank you.

Neo