Well, while I can understand their decision, I find it to be terribly disappointing. I guess it came down to a decision between strong moderation or pulling the plug.
Things had degenerated badly over the last few months, and I hate to admit to having participated (badly) in at least on of the more vitriolic threads - one of the few that were ever deleted from the board.
At least the community is alive and well here. It would have been nice if they had included pointers to other forum sites, like this one, in the shutdown notice, but again it's understandable why they didn't.
Life goes on, and it sounds like you guys are making some terrific progress on opening up the DMS. Keep up the good work!