I don't think that's it. I think its more to do with their "agile" workflow. Or the lack thereof. Proboards, if I remember correctly - is owned by Vertical Scope. They have money to spend, the issue I think stems from paying people to do "x."
One of the things discussed in the thread is they have problems with getting things where they want it to be. Beta's available now, but to reach feature parity with v5, is what is frustrating and grating on their patience - I think they are just taking a step back and taking a breather. Basically... "Ok, let's chill out for a second. What do we want for this product? What do we need to get the desired results? Let's take this to the drawing board..."
Nothing to do with forum marketplace or economy. Its just, the team is just trying to get everyone on the same page, and not cause in-fighting over getting it right or whatever internal frustration is seeping.
Its a bit different from vBulletin, but at the same time... similar, because there seems to be a disconnect somewhere. Like, where do we want development of v6? In Canada? In U.S.?
I think Proboards is anxious to get v6 out. I think they've been at it for years at this point. Vertical Scope is trying to be a good sport about it, and encouraging them to slow down and get it right, but where are we gonna get the talent to develop this ...thing?
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