@Dolphin is a platform and even if it gets super-perfect, it would still be a platform, and if eventually it becomes irrelevant because of market change, nothing would save it.

This comment from the owner of Dolphin would probably be the last thing Dolphin customers like to hear. We have all waited for almost a year for D7 and now when we are ready to launch our sites into the market, we receive this comment from the unoboonex.

Secondly, i agree that you need to look into different verticals see more and sectors to adapt to market changes but why abandon your own platform? If you don't trust your platform, how do you expect your customers to trust it? Launch webhome, soopsters and million other sites but try to base them on the D7 platform. That would also boost people's confidence in the platform ... if something cannot be achieved then look for workarounds or try to integrate that into your platform e.g. wordpress with dolphin or vbulletin with dolphin etc

I am a pro and i have used virtually lot's of software's out there in the market e.g. wordpress, vbulletin, phpbb, smf, joomla, vanilla, bbpress, etc and Dolphin 7 was no doubt far ahead even with it's inherent bugs..

I understand it's hard to keep investing in an idea if you are not getting back the proper returns but like I suggested try to base your workarounds on Dolphin and I am 100% sure you will rule the market.

Just my 2 cents uno....