Darn, I wish I was here to comment before you made the purchase. What does it cost..? *looks*
Assuming you for the professional version, $99?
Not bad, but I think that our current forum was highly substancial and needed not have any type of replacement.
m0g, about not starting a DeviantArt, if you saved the money, you have a dedicated staff already and I'm sure you could find more. I think you should shoot for the stars and never limitate your long goal to anything less than a google and yahoo combined.
For all you know you could have your staff run it and have barely any work need be done. You know?
Moving along, I hope this thing improves the site and is put to use for the money you spent because I would feel bad if it got no more attention than the Showcae forums.
Well, we shall see.
Yuneek