@jack the man - Gave it a try when I was looking at forum solutions for WPTavern and although I liked having that functionality out of the box in a simple WordPress plugin, it was very hard for me to work with and style. So I choose not to go with it.

@JD Hartley - I'm in the same boat.

@Brad - While integrating the two through the database is pretty easy, I think bbPress in a plugin would make the entire process even easier.

@Ryan McCue - I understands that. But look at the merger going on with WordPress MU and WordPress. I think it's conceivable that somewhere down the road, bbPress can just turn into a plugin for WordPress.

@Chip Bennett - I also see no harm in keeping them separate but if through a plugin, you could replace the commenting system in WordPress with bbPress, wouldn't that be pretty cool for integration?

@Nicolas - BuddyPress is a series of plugins that when combined together, form BuddyPress. It's not stand alone software.

@Dan Cole - That is where I was coming from with this poll. I think the possibilities are there for some sort of way for WordPress to take bbPress to the next level. Or the other way around.