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we will not be continuing development of the Perl version.
Way to sneak that in -- shouldn't this have been one of the FIRST things mentioned by Scream when this was announced?
I don't know PHP, and I do NOT have time to learn it, however easy it may be. I do NOT have time to figure out how to port all of my hacks into a different language. So people like me are simply screwed. We can keep our existing boards, and spend our OWN limited time trying to hack in any new features we want, or we can switch over to PHP and either spend AGES translating our hacks into a new language (unfamiliar to some of us), or LOSE all of our hacks.
And of course, never mind those whose hosts don't offer PHP -- they can either move their website, or bugger off.
This is VERY disappointing. Combine it with the change in licensing, the probable price increase, and the move to a company which many people find distasteful, and I think you're going to lose quite a few customers who've supported you, and put lots of time into helping you make this product what it is -- by reporting bugs, by providing FIXES for bugs, by making suggestions, by providing the CODE to implement those suggestions. Of course, those customers will be replaced by new customers, paying more money, and I guess that's what it comes down to.
What a shame.
