Why vB team didn't continue developing vb 4x?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Replicant

So what your saying is, if someone has a VB4 license and they upgrade to VB5 for the features not offered in VB4, that doesn't constitute a sale?

Umm, no. I said new license, not upgrade of existing.

That upgrade scenario's always existed as well. But it's hardly ever about extra features. It's usually about knee jerk 'gotta have the latest and greatest or oh noes haxors.' And such. Few people actually do any research on upgrades, as you well know.

This situation isn't new or unique to vBulletin. In reality it's always been this way. Version one to two. Version 2 to version 3. Three to four. And so on.

The only difference this time is, version 5 has nothing at all in common with, or is in any way compatible with previous versions, except the badging and nameplate. That's never happened before. That's what's new.

Again, most all of the "new features" v5 touts, are actually old ideas that were created and perfected for v3 and v4, here by this community.