............is getting released sometime in Q4 2009.
They have finally released a beta version on their own forums after much complaining from other vBulletin owners.
It's a radical new change and is offered at a reduced cost to exisiting owners but, no software was available for download or could even be seen.
I was very reluctant to purchase the software before i could see it in action, the sale date was the 30th October and no idea when the actual software would be available.
HOWEVER, vBulletin have installed a beta version on their site and i must say even the forums look very neat and tidy.
Included in the new release will be a blog and CMS which will be fully integrated to the forums making the front end very customisable.
What does this mean for NMS, well, not much unless you folks want it to be.
I expect over time and once the bugs have been ironed out i will install the blog and CMS.
This doesn't have to be used by anyone, it's a one time log in and you can just stick to the forums or branch out and see what teh rest can do.
Of course the layout and colour scheme will need tweaked to get the current colours back but overall it'll be a nice improvement and freshen things up a lot.
To not upgrade at this time will cost a significant amount in the future due to the license structure changing and then the lack of support for our current version.
All in all, it's early days, but, just to advise that changes are coming
Edit: Read this myself and it sounds like i'm asking for money, which i'm not