vBulletin 4 has been anticipated for almost a year now, and yesterday (10/13/09) vB 4 was made available for Pre-ordering. Pretty sweet. I wasn’t expecting this for another few months, even though they said they had alphas being tested. There’s no release date yet, so that’s a bummer, but all the people whining over the new license scheme. Look at this,
A - OWNED/ACTIVE CUSTOMERS:
* Upgrade to VB4 SUITE for $130 if done before October 30, 2009.
* Upgrade to VB4 SUITE for $250 if done after October 30, 2009.
* Upgrade to VB4 FORUM for free
B - OWNED/EXPIRED CUSTOMERS:
* Buy VB4 SUITE for $235 if done before October 30, 2009.
* Buy VB4 SUITE for $285 if done after October 30, 2009. ($250 according to Wayne Luke’s post here)
* Buy VB4 FORUM for $195 ($175 according to Wayne Luke’s post here)
C - LEASED/ACTIVE CUSTOMERS:
* Same as ‘A’, according to Wayne Luke’s post here
D - LEASED/EXPIRED CUSTOMERS:
* Same as ‘B’, are no longer customers according to Wayne Luke’s post here
Yikes. Honestly they should allow customers of over a year whose licenses ran out in July to Now to be able to renew, a shitton of upgrades/renews are better than a handful of new licenses. On top of all of this, when the site went live, there were no screenshots. Why would anyone drop $190+ without seeing what it looked like. And even now there’s no demo.
Some of these screenshots just remind me of IPB3, the earlier ones were very nice looking, but now it just looks like they are copying IPB. Plus some aren’t really “proper” screenhoots, they’re just quickies from the devlopment forum.
Of course, I don’t have the money for any of this anyway, so I’ll just be sticking to copies I can get my hands on to experiment with.
Update: vB has some new pricing now
Due to an overwhelming response and interest in the pre-sale event for vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite, we’ve decided to extend an offer to those customers with inactive licenses.
For licenses that expired in the last 12 months, we are offering an extra $45 discount for advance ordering, in addition to the publicly available pre-sale savings. This means the all new vB 4.0 Publishing Suite will cost you only $190, a total savings of $95.
For licenses that expired more than 12 month ago, we are offering an extra $25 discount for advance ordering, in addition to the publicly available pre-sale savings. This means the all new vB 4.0 Publishing Suite will cost you only $210, a total savings of $75.
These limited time offers expire on October 30, 2009. Beginning on October 31, the price will be $285.
You will be able to take advantage of this offer in the next couple of days - we are currently working to make it an option in your shopping cart. We will notify you once this offer is live on the website.
And vb4 is live on vbulletin.com. Awesome.
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