I know i may regret this as a devoted DNN follower since version 2. I too have had concerns over the past year to the direction the platform is heading. I personally use the cms for personal interest and use so rely heavily on the free offerings of kind developers out there.  One thing first comes to mind about the current purchase is I don't see anything official about it being included in the PE version only.  DNN over the yrs has advanced greatly and still areas that have lacked as I’ve read are the file manager component. I suppose apart from Chris speaking on this issue and again not denying or confirming whether the new purchases are only going to be included in the PE versions and not CE's.  I personally hope the corp. will give back to the community an offering as such that will in my view enhance an area that has lacked attention. I suppose to end this can someone officially confirm this purchase is only going to be included in the PE and not the CE versions of the core. If this is to be included in both a lot of this speculation can be being blown out of perspective. Long term also I suppose will also every module purchase only ever be included only in PE and not both as if the case then as such enhancement do seem to more less focus on the us CE community rather than the PE.

Craig

One of the problems with that line of thinking is that one-off modules from an independent module developer holds a certain degree of risk - no track record, no longevity, no reputation, and little recourse. And one of the reasons given for the purchase of ODL was that it made more sense to acquire rather than develop from scratch. And regardless of the "sinister scenario," we are left with the fact that PE just got stronger at the expense of CE. Sure, an entity can step in and "fill the void," but do you really want to wait around a year and go through several rounds of point releasds to get a solid replacement to what was just taken away?