In reply to John.

Hey John,
Just want to clarify I personally did not "advise" anyone to migrate to a new theme. Thats' Jeff's opinion and he's entitled to it.

I simply stated the following:

What does this mean for those of you who are actively using Thematic?

You will not be receiving updates from here on out. And gradually as WordPress evolves, Thematic may have compatibility issues that affect your site. I’m truly sorry but that is the bottom line and you deserve to know the truth.

There is and always will be support in the WordPress community for Thematic.

It just didn't make sense to keep the thematic theme forums open anymore. Overwhelming spam, lack of community involvement, no developer feed back as development ceased, all of theses we reasons to close it down.