vBulletin 4x – We Want More – ASAP!?

Let’s take a look back and do a quick review.

First we get the release of vBulletin 4.0 Gold. This build of vB 4.0.0 is plagued with bugs and known issues, yet it’s still released. Then we get vB 4.0.0 PL1, which is a release patch to fix a newly discovered exploit.

This takes us to vB 4.0.1, which is a “maintenance release” that fixed 200+ bugs.
Finally, this brings us to 4.0.2, which was supposed to have been released February 4th, 2010 (now delayed).

The mentality used by IB is amusing, but not at all surprising. Instead of focusing on releasing a solid, stable build, they are merely pumping out versions as quickly as they can, and releasing them prematurely, even when they are clearly not ready to be deployed due to known bugs.

Only now with the delay of the 4.0.2 release have they actually held off releasing it to provide a more “quality” build. Maybe they finally learned their lesson that quality > quantity? We’ll soon find out.

@IB, you disappoint me, yet again. Dare I say, we told you so?
I would highly suggest you take a page out of the old vB team and focus on building a quality product. The old Jelsoft actually valued and knew the importance of releasing a solid build instead of just releasing as many, and bug filled versions as they could.

 

Internet Brand’s Investment Nightmare: vBulletin

I’ve often wondered why some the senior development team for vBulletin suddenly left without any advance warning. In one short month, Kier Darby, Mike Sullivan, and Scott Macvicar all left Internet Brands. In that one month, it represented a significant loss of talent, senior management, and senior development of vBulletin.

These three represent the brains of vBulletin. They represent the integrity of vBulletin.

They represent the key development and leadership of a industry icon. They understood customer’s requirements. They understood the customer.

Last but not least, this trio understood vBulletin.

These questions have been racing in my mind.

Why did they leave? What possible reasons could they have left? Was it because Internet Brands (Nasdaq: INET) acquired them?

Was it because of management? Was it because they no longer liked working at Jelsoft and Internet Brands? Was it because they became merely a cog in this giant machine?

Or maybe rather than job enlargement and enrichment, they experienced job reduction and dissatisfaction?
Finally, that silence has been broken. It appears what we’ve suspected all along happened.

I hoped this wasn’t the case, however, my own nightmare, suspicions, and fears have been confirmed.
Internet Brands meddled where they should not have.

They’ve roasted, and killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. It is the classic management case study in which employees leave because of management, not because of the company.
 

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