I have to say that as a DNN user since the pre-DNN IBuySpy days, I've feared this day coming. In my 26 years as a professional in software development it's been a pattern I've seen repeated numerous times. It happened with Community Server and many other Open Source initiatives. It starts out free and open and over time becomes commercialized and closed. Once commercialized, it becomes increasingly more expensive and proprietary. I've genuinely hoped that DNN would resist the temptations and remain true to the initial vision. I feel betrayed. I've invested thousands of dollars and thousands of hours in DNN. In my opinion, DNN has taken its first step toward the dark side. The lesser experienced may not discern the signs but it's clear that DNN has taken the first step away from true openness into the realm of proprietary closed systems with Professional Edition. Now, it's time to start looking for alternatives before it gets further out of hand.

Mourning this day!

 John,

DotNetNuke Corp., namely Shaun and Joe have anounced a couple of times the new professional version, containing additional value to address the specific needs of professional users of DotNetNuke. They also stated, that the now called Community version will have the same code base and continue to be an open source version, and they are also planning for earlier access to the codefor community members within the next months.

I agree with John, that a stronger entity to develop and maintain the product will improve development speed and benefit all the community.

Time will tell. Same codebase does't tells so much. 2.1 and 5.1 have the same codebase.

I am more worried about the reference site http://www.thinkcashfinancial.com/ is this the Professional version :)