Sell them on a webmaster forum under an unknown alias.and what would they do with all those old licences?
Sell them on a webmaster forum under an unknown alias.
I wasn't being serious. Keep in mind, there are indeed still vB-fanboys out there who are going to buy it because they love it. And then there are the people who'd rather invest in something that isn't brand new. And then there's probably a small crowd of XF-haters (for whatever crazy reason). So there's still a vB market out there.Which would then have people buying the 2nd hand vB licences instead of new XenForo licences... Though they could put them all up at really high prices to artificially increase the 2nd hand vB licence market making a new Xenforo licence look better value for money... and I guess though selling 2nd hand vB licences may cause a slight loss in xF licence sales it would be a big loss in vB licence sales
I wasn't being serious. Keep in mind, there are indeed still vB-fanboys out there who are going to buy it because they love it. And then there are the people who'd rather invest in something that isn't brand new. And then there's probably a small crowd of XF-haters (for whatever crazy reason). So there's still a vB market out there.
I fell into the trap as I didn't want to pay the high price later on....The pre-sale was a huge disaster. Some of us were able to see that before we fell into the trap. Others weren't.
Exactly. Nobody factored in the possibility that vB 4 wouldn't be that good. Plus IP.Board was starting to shape up nicely. And now we have XenForo. So I have absolutely no regrets of my decision to completely avoid the whole fiasco.I fell into the trap as I didn't want to pay the high price later on....
Still haven't upgraded....
oh, no, I didn't think it would be great - but I did believe that they would have sorted it out by now....Exactly. Nobody factored in the possibility that vB 4 wouldn't be that good. Plus IP.Board was starting to shape up nicely. And now we have XenForo. So I have absolutely no regrets of my decision to completely avoid the whole fiasco.
I fell into the trap as I didn't want to pay the high price later on....
Still haven't upgraded....
and what would they do with all those old licences?
Hold on to them, then when vB second hand licences start to recover in value they could flood the market, send the price crashing again and reduce IB's sales of new licences. Or they could just buy them in the hope of reducing vB's customer base, whatever they do with them there has to be some value to xF in buying up cheap vB licences.
Lets face it the vast majority of their customers are going to be switching from vB and they are going to be offering an early adopters sale, so it seems to make sense to use that sale as a way to mop up as many vB licences as they can.
Competition is healthy and keeps pushing the software and market forward.
A program to give the licenses to a designated charity?
I have to agree 100% with Nick. Most people like to find out for themselves what is being talked about. Just a way for them to find out if what is said is true.The pre-sale was a huge disaster. Some of us were able to see that before we fell into the trap. Others weren't.
The same thing can be said now: Some people still love vBulletin, and a lot of new users tend to gravitate towards it. They don't always believe all of the warnings, and prefer to find out for themselves what a disaster they get themselves into.
Giving an extra credit for people who turn in any forum licenses would be a way to entice people who are reluctant to switch because they already shelled-out big bucks for another forum solution. XenForo would be able to capture extra customers. The forum could be anything paid, not just VB or IPB.
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