yeah Kinda...
But overall I guess my point is that they should want people to convert from UBB to threads, not make it more difficult (read expensive).
I'd go as far as to say offering to convert your UBB.classic to UBB.threads (or whatever it's called these days) for free wouldn't be a bad idea since when people compare UBB.classic to VB, VB will look a heck of a lot better in many areas. This holds true for many other boards as well, as I've said the PHPBB seems to be great. With it being free, having tools to convert from UBB.classic, being database/php driven, why would I choose to spend $100 to upgrade to threads?