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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #15, on November 8th, 2012, 12:14 AM »
That's pretty much the gist of it, though what I've heard from other sources would agree with this.

I mean, Mike left XenForo to start his own business, Kier split up from his wife, and that's going to take a toll.

There's been no updates to XenForo in months, and the devs were supposed to respond to questions put by the community, but it hasn't happened - in every respect it is dead until we see some evidence to the contrary.
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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #16, on December 11th, 2012, 02:20 AM »
I was thinking about purchasing Xenforo again but decided it's not the best thing to do right now or ever lol
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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #17, on December 11th, 2012, 02:31 AM »
Well, there has been no development in months, at least none that is being admitted to (and given the state of play, it is unlikely there actually is any)

Right now we're waiting for the latest twist in court which will be next week where there's a minor scuffle in court before the big day in court, if that happens. Depending on the outcome of the next scuffle will have a lot to do with what comes next, so Dec 17th is the date to watch for, with the main trial seemingly set for 4th Feb next year.

You can keep up with the really shortened news/status on this thread should you so decide you want to.

Question is, why would you buy XenForo on its own? It's not had any development in a year, honestly you'd be better spending that money on the IPB core/forum if you wanted to actually buy a forum software.

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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #18, on December 11th, 2012, 02:34 AM »
I had xenforo once and like the simplicity if the admin panel and it stopped there. That's why I sold my license.

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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #19, on December 11th, 2012, 02:57 AM »
The reason for its simplicity is that it's actually got fewer features than other software. (I am a current licence holder.)

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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #20, on December 11th, 2012, 03:06 AM »
I agree with that, probably the reason why I sold it lol

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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #21, on December 11th, 2012, 03:08 AM »
You're not alone, actually. There's quite a few people who are surprised with how little there is, comparatively. 1.2 was supposed to fix a lot but the way the lawsuit dragged on (we're two years in now) has done a lot to screw around with Kier and Mike; I believe Mike now runs his own photography business while I know Kier and his wife split up.

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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #22, on December 11th, 2012, 03:12 AM »
I haven't been to the site or community forum in a long time. Alot has happened since then.

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Re: XenForo lawsuit
« Reply #23, on December 11th, 2012, 03:18 AM »
I mostly pieced it together from reading what used to be xenforosucks.com which became forumcomplaints.com, but it's been sold to someone else who will be redeveloping it, and likely dumping all the interesting content there.