Wait, why would you close something in order to avoid backlash about opening it?
It was clear that they intended to squeeze the few remaining customers. The forums, even moderated by the company, reflected the bad morale. So they closed the forums. They were in a nntp server with a web gateway.
The last insult, that made me disconnect, was removing database access from the "Professional" license and moving it to the "Enterprise Architect", not sure how it ended, I couldn't keep watching.
This Bold news seem too little too late.
The pro license compiles to Android, IOS, Windows, and OSX. You can connect to SQLite and IBlite. Additionally, you can connect to MySQL or other DBs on localhost for example. Lastly, you can connect to remote databases with third party solutions (though against the spirit of the license).
The enterprise license allows connecting to over 20 different remote databases.
The architect license (the most expensive) has additional features not related to connecting to remote databases.
Come on.
But don't worry, the post is surely out of the front page now, so nobody cares what I say.