What's going wrong with vBulletin and vB.org?

[Christos Teriakis]

Hello,

Maybe in my profile appears that I'm register user since Jul 2011, but the true is that I'm active user here since early of 2003, much older from most members. So I believe that deserve to write my thoughs and speculations about the future of vBulletin (as Software) and vB.org as top site for vB addons.

Today is Saturday, a day that most users have day off, so I was expecting to find the community here to be active. What I seen instead? A photo is worth of 1,000 words, so check the attached screenshoots.

Forums that a couple of years ago had ~2 posts per minute, not need hours and maybe days to have something new. So, is the vB sales droped or just users don't spent so much time as the golden days?

Maybe you'll ask "Why you care for it?". The answer is simpe as 1-2-3. I've invest years (~7) for coding addons for vB. This is a real investment, and as all investors I want to have a clear sight on what I'm investing. Ok, I know that I can bring back the years that I already spent, but infront there is a new vB version. Is it worth of value to spend my time learning a totally new way in programming addons, or not? Does vBulletin (company) will focus only to this new version, or, once more, they will add a competitor in the field, keeping 3 versions active? Because, what I know now is, that the worst competitor of vB4 is ...vB3. Strange but true.

Any honor comment (or advice) is highly recommented. And something that I left for the end, as I want to be 100% clear with all. Even if I wrote it somewhere else here, I'm reposting it, to work as an additional proof. Forget about Mary (aka MicroHellas). There is no such coder (but still exists as real person). For my own reasons I had to use someone's else the name for doing business. And of cource the best choice was my daughter's mother, even if she is ex-wife and not current.

PS- I decided to start this convertation afrer reading somewhere (most probably was a blog post) a post from Cole Lawrence that the CMS version of vB5 will be delayed as there are only a few clients using it. So, I had to wait 4 years to know that CMS (like Project Tools) where down on sales?? And what about vBulletin5 as Forum software. Is it a growing product or going down to the earth (I'm talking for vBulletin 5 Connect)?

Chris