Everyone should remember that in fact, xenforo may not be able to speak freely about their situation at all. They have to be careful of the legal situation. I'm impressed they're intending to go on sale in any case. Imagine, they had a lawsuit dropped on their desk and needed to get legal advice...
I think you underestimate the importance of the developer community. It's very, very important. They are an army of volunteer developers, unpaid for the most part. They create an ecosystem which adds value to the forum platform through their network-effect.
You in turn suggest not using those...
Everyone please calm down.
If you were moderating your own communities, you'd expect civility and etiquette to remain. Such as you should expect here.
Legal proceedings mean that Xenforo Ltd cannot speak freely anymore because everything can be used as evidence. They'll need legal advice and...
I checked your site. How will you keep the front page working, with its blog-looking snippets?
Edit: ignore that, I realised you haven't integrated the forums' content with blog comments, they're separate.
I'm going to have a portal-style front page, somehow, or if that's too bloody hard then I'll just have a blurb, a few images, plus a set of links that take people into the forums.