Some answers to important licensing questions

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Zachery

No, Alpha/beta is still going to continue as planned.

Oh well, that sucks big time, as it is going to be so much longer for the hack community to get up to speed. I foresee so many support posts asking why X hack does not work with v4.0. So, you might want to pass that comment on to Ray Morgan etc,. as I am probably not the only one thinking this.

[rootsxrocks]

Great news, Now can I ask what the suite includes?
I Bought all three Vbulletin the blog and projects, is the suite a combination of the three ? or is there more ?
The software really is the best forum out there well worth the money.

[cheat-master30]

The vBulletin Suite also comes with their new CMS they are planning, as well as vBulletin forum software, blog and project tools.

[edytwinky]

Thats good news for now. My owned license doesn't expire until January of 2010

[Charlie98902]

Originally Posted by edytwinky

Thats good news for now. My owned license doesn't expire until January of 2010

Same here but I plan to purchase at a discount the suite though.

[rootsxrocks]

I want the whole enchilada, Face book is heavy competition. Besides as an Egomaniac its just great to be loved and adored if not feared and loathed.

[sensimilla]

Probably it was answered before but what with customers having vbulletin and jelsoft blog active license ? Will they pay for the suite ?

[edytwinky]

I'll probably purchase it all but i'm not sure yet if i'll install it all right away as i want to make sure all the mods are compatible

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by sensimilla

Probably it was answered before but what with customers having vbulletin and jelsoft blog active license ? Will they pay for the suite ?

That has not been decided on, but it will be announced once the decission has been made.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Mosh

Oh well, that sucks big time, as it is going to be so much longer for the hack community to get up to speed. I foresee so many support posts asking why X hack does not work with v4.0. So, you might want to pass that comment on to Ray Morgan etc,. as I am probably not the only one thinking this.

With the closed Alpha/Beta it will be a much shorter period before a RC or final version is released.

With the old open testing cycle, we where often in Alpha/Beta/RC for up to a half year or even more for a new major version (see 3.0). This means that even though coders can start work on creating modifications, they can not release a final version until the final version of vBulletin is released.

With the new setup, the Alpha/Beta period will be very short, shortly after followed by a public release. Even with coders only getting the chance to develop modifications once production level is reached, the time between the start of Alpha testing and a final version that ocders can write modifications for is a lot shorter. So in the end customers will have the new version, and modifications, quicker then with the old method.