Should I upgrade to 4.0 or wait?

[Joe Rosenblum]

Good questions, thanks. As I mentioned before, 4.0 is a new release and has some of the short-comings of a new release while still also having overwhelming value (in my opinion). I'll try to answer the...

Yes, of course! But.... when should you upgrade? Upgrading any major software platform should be carefully thought through beforehand; for many of you, vBulletin is the heart of your site. Here are some things to consider when upgrading:
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Today we are releasing vBulletin 4.0 "Gold." Personally, I wanted to call it vBulletin 4.0 "Shiny Things" after the title of an extended thread in our test lab, but convention says that when you release a piece of software you call it "Gold."

[Joe Rosenblum]

We haven't released this yet, but plan to soon. This will appear in your member download area when it is available (and we will make an announcement to that effect in the announcements section as wel...

[Joe Rosenblum]

Great post, Bob! I know folks are interested in hearing more product vision details, and we'll have some more high level roadmap detail in the coming weeks.

[Joe Rosenblum]

I just posted an announcement regarding the VB 4 Beta plans.

[Joe Rosenblum]

We'll plan on posting the transcripts, and possibly we'll round up some questions before hand, so you should still be able to benefit. Hopefully future chats will be at a better time for you....

[Joe Rosenblum]

First, a huge thank you for all the great feedback on the 4.0 product from both the Alpha group and customers on vBulletin.com. vBulletin 4.0 is right around the corner and we're eager to deliver ...

[Joe Rosenblum]

we will definitely post transcripts!...

[Joe Rosenblum]

Interesting idea, are you thinking something like the iPhone App Store?...

[Joe Rosenblum]

Hmn. Good point. Maybe I'll create a poll for potential times......

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We hope to quickly remedy this so you can get out and update or create new plugins!...

[Joe Rosenblum]

Thanks for posting, I was able to download attachments.

[Joe Rosenblum]

Thanks for your continued support of vBulletin. It's been several years since the last major point release of vBulletin, and through all that time, your energy and enthusiasm have been inspiring to us....

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Per the FAQ, the sale ends 10/30/2009....

[Joe Rosenblum]

Demos, Screenshots, Presales, Oh My!

Hi,

Thanks for the valuable feedback: you want demos, you want screenshots and we hear you load and clear. We'll work on getting those...

I hope you can take the Ideas presented and make them a reality bringing VB back to the top of the heap It's you and no one else that can make it happen.

Nice to see you checking out my profile, Sadly you could not even comment on my thoughts that I have been expressing on your forums here on vBulletin.com. I guess all that mattered was my money, Now that...

Yikes, are you the being "The Invisible Profile" for Halloween?