In my mind there are some questions about the amount, not strictly on 'how much is JJJ's time really worth' but what will be end result of it after he is done. Believe it or not I love bbPress and BP A LOT (and WP itself even more) but from a stand point of a regular users who would sign up on forums and communities christicehurst is more right than many of 'us' are willing to admit. I have been doing forum type sites (using vBulletin, Invision and MyBB mostly) for 10 years plus and users are not in it for simplicity or similar things we attach to bbPress.