[Colin F]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Most people do not buy a forum system simply to run a vanilla installation - most buy because they can morph it visually and functionally.

See this (vB.com):

Originally Posted by Steve Machol

Actually it's the opposite. About 90-95% of our customers never modify the code at all. Relatively very few people are coders and even fewer want to mess with the code of the software they are using.

The truth is the hackers are more visible and vocal because they are constantly making changes and looking for new this to do with vB. This is not good or bad. I just wanted to point out that the hackers are a small - but nonetheless important - minority of our overall customer base.

While I assume that a bigger part 'morph it visually', there are still a ton of forums that run the default style, simply replacing the logo or possibly adjusting colors.