About the upgrades.

[ricknlida]

Are the upgrades typically feature upgrades or security upgrades?

In other words, would a person be prone to hacks or other security issues if he does not purchase the upgrade package each year?

Thanks!

[Zachery]

Most of the time small verison nmumbers X.Y.0 to X.Y.1 would be a security / bug fix realease, which may contain a few new features.

X.0.Y to X.1.Y would be a feature release, and a bug fix release, it may also address security.

Its more than possible if you choose not to upgrade or patch that you could come under attack from an exploit.

[ricknlida]

Thanks, Zachery.

[Zachery]

Just to make sure you are aware, we also do release patches for versions for security fixes. But this is not the same as upgrading.

[ricknlida]

Oh?

So to take the question to the extreme to be sure I understand: If a purchaser of vBulletin never pays the $30 after the first year for upgrades, he can still get patches that are put out to address discovered security issues?

[Zachery]

Yes, however there may come a time when you'd be running such an old version that it would be unsupported.

[ricknlida]

That makes sense. Thanks Zachery.