No body is asking Evoq Social or Evoq Content for free. The biggest gripe is (and every body misses the point, especially DNN Corp.) is that DNN Corp acquires the best modules out there, takes them off market and offers them only to its Evoq Social customers. If they have created Evoq Social without acquiring ActiveModule then it was a different story.
The customers who bought these modules, based their entire website around these modules are left stranded because their is no future support or new enhancements coming. Also, they make sure that upgrading DNN will break these modules(?). People who worked years to create and build these websites are left with no choice but to upgrade/lose the modules/look for other solutions. All these years of work go to waste.
This is a douche baggy move but I wont say it because I will be banned or reprimanded for saying that (mind your language while we don't mind out business eithics). So no, I am not saying that but it does suck. Honestly, I won't even blame DNN Corp. for doing that. They are in business to make money and they have to appease their greedy investors plus we were never DNN Corp.'s customers. However, the owners who sell their modules to DNN Corp. without protecting their existing customer base's interest are unethical.
Moreover, DNN Corp refuses that they are in module business. They just sell "solutions." Evoq Social is not bunch of modules integrated together. No, Sir. It's a solution. I mean, who does that? Who say's stuff like that? Either they think community is full of idiots or I think they are just ....... not going to say it.
Please please stop telling us that all of ActiveSocial was incorporated in DNNPlatform. I can at least list 25 features that are not in the platform that we paid for as customers of ActiveModules. Please stop telling us that by making ActiveForum a open source you did us a favor cause have you seen the progress in the last 2 years? There is a reason Module Vendors are in business cause 90% of the community cant do Jack S%^& with the source code. I am sure you know that but no ride on that high horse and feel better about yourself and feel generous. That will last.
Basically, ActiveModules screwed its customers by selling its module to DNN Corp. and later DNN Corp. made sure that the ActiveModule customers stay screwed. So many ActiveModules' loyal customer's websites went offline. So many loyal ActiveModules' customers' are looking for another solutions. All because someone got greedy and decided to not care about the people who paid (for years) to get these modules. Nobody cared about years of loyalty. Where are the morals? If you can sellout once you can sellout every time.
Great community leadership there, DNN Corp. We should all trust and believe in you.