Jelsoft Acquired

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Luky

May i ask this, have any of the coders for vBulletin be changed or modified?

There have been no changes in the development team as a result of the acquisation.

[rjmjr69]

I think some of the big questions have not even been asked yet..........

How much was the purchase price? Was it all cash or stocks or even a mix? I did read someone mentioning one of the part owners? Just left as this was happening? With the new company compensation declarations laws that were just enacted they have to report any parachutes or extras for whoever left. As well as who is still there. I wonder if its more than a coincidence?

I do not think they will be raising the price's anytime soon. I would think for them to make this purchase successful and too keep its customer base with the hopes to expand would be to lower the price or hold sales. Run promotions to do just that Promote to get a return on their purchase.... Get the Marketing done and fast

[Marco van Herwaarden]

How much was the purchase price?
It has been asked before, but this is information that i can not disclose (even if i did know the answer).

[Luky]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Indeed, however, just remember that even if Jelsoft suddenly vanished tomorrow (which they won't), you would still have the same fully working site, nothing would actually stop, so all the doom and gloom from people is a little OTT.

Then who is going to patch our security holes?

[SkyCatcher]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Will we see a raise in the license pricing?
Since the first release of vBulletin 1.0 in 2000, we have never raised the price of vBulletin licenses.

Actually he's correct. VB has actually only grown to become better and better and my hopes are that with more manpower and resources VB 4.0 will be the leading bulletin board with impressive features that will take us into Web 2.0.

I was just looking through old things when I decided to take a trip back.

Prices Stayed the Same


Features improved

Lets see what happens and then start speculating about why it happened.

[Yours]

wow when vBulletin first came out their website looked like crap lol :P They really have come a long way though.

vBulletin won't change much from where it is going right now because of the fact that I.B. purchased something they are not specialized in.

Now in regards to the Co-owner leaving, maybe he just siezed the opportunity to move onto different (and perhaps better things for him). The other alternative to this is he got the boot from I.B. when they purchased vBulletin. Seeing as Jelsoft and I.B. is not telling us the more finer details we may never know the real reason.

[Ryuk]

congrats jelsoft ^^

[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by Yours

Now in regards to the Co-owner leaving, maybe he just siezed the opportunity to move onto different (and perhaps better things for him). The other alternative to this is he got the boot from I.B. when they purchased vBulletin. Seeing as Jelsoft and I.B. is not telling us the more finer details we may never know the real reason.

The specific reasons for John's depature are listed in this thread:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235463

[FreshFroot]

Originally Posted by ERuiz

Hmmmm Let's see how things turn out. I really don't know what has been going on and don't certainly want to speculate, but I find it kind of odd that one of the co-founders of VBulletin decided to seek other "interests" right at the time when this acquisition takes place.

Oh well, I could just be trying to see beyond what is being portrayed to the public. Let's just hope things work out and we don't see a price hike in the near future.

I agree with you... it could become the best move vB has made.. or the worst move.. time will tell..

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by Luky

Then who is going to patch our security holes?

Hey, the site might have underage visitors, watch your mouth!