Well...I'd call it more than just a "rumor"...Dan himself seems to have written this in an email which was publicly posted on chatboard.

If this does turn out to be true...more power to him. We're here to make money.

However, the biggest value in this board is the mods...mattyp, safe and snoopy. Their calm, patient, deliberate. and, above all, professional moderation of these forums have, by expertly balancing freedom of speech with the needs of civil exchange, created a communications environment that is trusted, dynamic and highly productive.

Paying these exceptionally mature, level-headed guys for what they've done here over the past half-year would have cost many thousands of dollars.

To be honest with you, if this forum is sold, I'd root for these three domain professionals to form a site together. It is my sense that all three of them see their contributions here as mutually beneficial...they would be talking about this sort of stuff anyway, and they all seem to genuinely want to contribute to the domain community.

Miles