Jelsoft Acquired

[goblues]

Too early to tell, but will keep one eye open at all times.

[LEAD_WEIGHT]

Meh! I would of done the same thing. That is the point, is to make something so appealing that someone will buy it. It is not like it was a family business, that would be harder to let go.

[Brandon Sheley]

I don't see why a price hike would come of this ?

[Shazz]

Expanding!
/me watches jelsoft buildings go up

[LEAD_WEIGHT]

If they increase software price, then more people tend to be stand offish or seek other bulletin board scripts. I hope they do not dump simple addons on us, but it should make it easier for member(s) here to actually be part of Staff and on the other hand of that, you might not see any lite(free) addons if full is available for purchase.

This will be a good thing for talented coder(s) of other countries to get reconized, hopefully.

[sola]

Good luck to you guys. Just don't destroy VB. Above all, don't tamper with the immense trust placed in it by a vast customer base. VB has goodwill, so much that it is unquantifiable in monetary terms. It took years of dedicated attention to the customer's point of view to build this up. Don't destroy it pls.

[COBRAws]

lets see... I have my doubts about this. But as someone said, its too early to say!

Now lets wait we get new scripts, additions, etc.

make an official SEO plugin for vBulletin, also keep on the development of vb blogs, etc.

Add the most popular MODS to the next vBulletin release.

[jam583]

We are going to see an increase in price, not right away, but it will come. If anything, on paper, they need to show a positive increase in revenue over the next 12 months to make it appear as though it was a good purchase. They will increase the value of VB on paper, make the portfolio they have even better, and it will make IB a more valuable company. What better way to quickly do this than a price hike.

They bought VB out for a lot of reasons. Clearly, it's to make the footprint IB has even larger. Not only do they run some large sites (many of which use VB) they also now "Power" thousands of other sites. They will easily be able to purchase some of these large VB sites that are privately ran and this will come in the future.

Part of me is excited that we have the backing of IB. They have done some amazing things but the other half of me says "OH NO!". Clearly, they have some amazing talent on the development team for IB now. I would assume some of this talent would go to work on projects they currently have or websites they currently run. In doing so I can only hope focus isn't lost on VB.

Time will only tell!

[LEAD_WEIGHT]

I see no real reason to increase the price for main script, it will not make any bussiness since. Addons are what make money and it is seen in every product.

i.e.: xBox with main core and addons
i.e. PS3 main {over priced release} = low sales

i.e. Microsoft Vista: several versions and bloated with useless spftware - They should of had Core and add what you want. That is what makes money everytime.

[69lakalle]

OMG