Reread your own post:
The same results can be achieved by transferring a license. vB cannot claim some big corporation is using its software as ownership changes when license is transfered. Get it?
Most businesses will try to recoup money and reinvest it if the product they are trying to get rid of has some value. Clearly vB can be sold for some $$. If you can't understand that, reread Elizabeth's commonsense post above. Maybe "getting even" is too strong of a word. But that's the way I see it.
Minimal difference at best. You still retain an active customer. You may lose a "big name", but you retain the income for that license #.
Once the ball gets rolling, who in their right mind would pay $80-150 for a license that will put them at a jam? There is no benefit for the end-user. Elizabeth is able to sell now before the situation worsens. vB has made their money, but they will not make as much money with vB 5 as they did with vB 3. And the direction IB is heading, I sincerely doubt they'll be the owners of vB then.
I again have reiterated my post twice for you to read. You quoted and merely posted a generic response which was answered in my last 2 posts. Yes, they've made money, they will make much less money in the future. There's no reason to
at me when it was addressed here:
Look at it this way. When you're an active customer paying your dues, you and others generate revenue. If you take yourself and others out of the equation, you kill any monetary revenue from that moment onward. Only the past revenue is there to fund them, once the money finishes, what will they do?
Simple English:
Say vB 4 sold full price at $195* to 6,000 customers. That doesn't include the optional email and phone support at $80. The total would be $1,170,000 gross.
* I'm not using an pre-sale statistics here.
Great for IB (Although I'm sure they sold less than 5K licenses for vB 4.)
People stopped using their licenses after they realized that vB wasn't good. A hefty chunk went to IPS for software.
IB have taken their revenue. Now vB 5 comes out in, say 15 months from now. And more people leave vB for XF or IP.Board.
Say IB charges the same $195 dollar model (I'm sure it'll be more.)
But this time only 650 customers purchase it, because it's getting there, slowly but surely.
$195 x 650 = $126,750 gross.
See how it affects them? They've lost major revenue.
Customers who wish to not sell their license because they either:
A) Don't care about the money it cost them.
B) Find it hard to find someone else who wants to share the pain of running a vB forum.
C) They can afford XF or IP.Board without having to sell.
They can choose to terminate/suspend their license indefinitely. No more return customers, a lot less new customers, and less revenue which still hasn't been taxed and divided among the developers and support staff.
People complained, people left their licenses and went to other companies, mostly IPB. I've seen, in the last year, used licenses go from about $180, now to full suites being sold for less than $115, and these are legitimate licenses. The more time that passes, the lesser the value it holds. Therein lies the problem with your argument. If you want XF, I recommend selling your vB licenses if you cannot afford XF without doing so. If you can afford it, and want to ensure no one else falls into this sticky mess, ask for your license to be terminated.
I mean someone out there is probably reading this thinking why? I can't afford one and could've used it, yet alone be able to buy XF or any other license too.
