Wow, this thread was interesting without my posts (and very few posts from me lately at all).
1. The product overall is greatly improved (4.9x).
2. I stated long ago DNN would not be free (and the core team went nuts with NEVER!!!)
3. Shaun stated communication lately is slow. Lately.. 5 years lately?
4. I'm glad to see Joe back to normal. I thought it was me but now I realize it is anyone who doesn't agree with him.
5. 5.x has been a complete failure so far. I'm sure resources have played a big role.
6. The future is unknown regardless of who says what. Always free, wrong. Always open source, wrong. Only charge for support, wrong. Honestly, that's all ok and predicted long ago. The problem is this self-entitlement that you don't need to communicate anything. You have dealt yoru own hand and we must live with it.