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Caddyman · #71 06-23-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by smacklan

I personally try not to worry about things I have no control over. While it is disconcerting that so many of the original developers have left and I will miss them and their fingerprints on the product, I'm not too worried about the future. I hope I'm not mistaken, but I just find it hard to believe IB would spend the money they spent to purchase Jelsoft only to kill it intentionally. Will it be the same company/product it was?...probably not. Will it be worse or better?...time will tell. It is not uncommon in all types of business to see these kinds of staffing changes when a company is bought out, that I do know.

winner, that is the philosophy to go by....

things change, people change, etc, if you don't have the actual power to change what is happening all you can do is sit back and watch it happen.

Andrew johnson · #72 06-23-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TNCclubman

This IB buying vB is starting to look like Vince McMahon buying WCW only to bury it.

what is wcw means?

Shelley_c · #73 06-23-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew johnson

what is wcw means?

World championship wrestling? I'm guessing but with the name vince McMahon it has to be wrestling related.

robdawg · #74 06-23-2009, 04:59 PM

Man people read into thing WAY to much. Over the past 12 months, I have read so many complaints about how certain aspects of vBulletin work from Blogs to Community Groups.

How come we can not look at this as fresh blood coming into a company that needs a few new faces that are INSPIRED to create and develop. Pushing the panic button prematurely is always a bad idea until you have some facts in hand.

Calm down peps... As someone stated earlier, there is no way a company will spend the money it did for Jelsoft to see it fold. Hell, I live close to LA maybe I should submit my resume.

BamaStangGuy · #75 06-23-2009, 07:04 PM

Fresh blood coming in is being hired by Internet Brands who can't even find the time to properly run their own forums, which is their main business.

I have no faith in Internet Brands. They are terrible at managing their forums.

kevcj · #76 06-23-2009, 09:29 PM

I dont understand what the big deal is? People change jobs, that is just the way the world works.

This provides jelsoft with the opportunity to get some fresh meat in there along with some new ideas.

A buddy of mine is a full time programmer. He has told me over and over that companies need an influx of fresh people and fresh ideas to stay on top of the market.

JacquiiDesigns · #77 06-24-2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kevcj

I dont understand what the big deal is? People change jobs, that is just the way the world works.

This provides jelsoft with the opportunity to get some fresh meat in there along with some new ideas.

A buddy of mine is a full time programmer. He has told me over and over that companies need an influx of fresh people and fresh ideas to stay on top of the market.

We are sensitive about our vB LOL

Jacquii.

chrisnufcfan · #78 06-24-2009, 06:53 AM

I have seen tons of people moan about the state of vB with over-loading them with useless and pointless features. But when new staff come in vB get some stick.

They can't win, lol.

Shelley_c · #79 06-24-2009, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kevcj

I dont understand what the big deal is? People change jobs, that is just the way the world works.

This provides jelsoft with the opportunity to get some fresh meat in there along with some new ideas.

A buddy of mine is a full time programmer. He has told me over and over that companies need an influx of fresh people and fresh ideas to stay on top of the market.

TBH, and like I stated in this thread on numerous occasions. I myself am not concerned but then I don't have thousands, 10s of thousands of dollars/pounds etc and so forth tied in my forums. As a hobby, it won't affect me or concern me in the slightest with the new staff structure. I can certainly relate to the people showing concerns though, who have, vast sums of cash invested and making a living from vbulletin. I guess, if the shoe was on the other foot, I may have had a reason for concern but it doesn't matter whether I get bloated forum script from the developers that where, or the developers that are now.

Ain't that why we are here using the members wonderful scripts from here, so we can disable those nasty 3.8/3.7 features that lack functionality/features?

If 4.0 is anything like 3.7/3.8 then the concerns are warranted imo. But that would be speculating so we can only wait and see.

Caddyman · #80 06-24-2009, 10:27 AM

if it is none of your concern, as stated multiple times, why keep posting? how do you know the multiple license owners are concerned or should be concerned? seems to me you're trying to facetiously be the voice of many and end up being the opinion of a few.

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