I looked at CV... but I didn't find it to be a very friendly community at all... if all the members want to go there then there is nothing to stop them... but I seriously doubt that the entier community would migrate there!
The problem is not that the vBUlletin software is out of date...
Vbulletin is a forum system, it's just a collection of php script!
the time outs are comming from the server, there are two ways that I could think to fix this.
1, reboot the server, there are obviously some memory mangement issues.
2, upgrade the server, as I said there are obviously some issues with over working,
if the machine cannot process a post in 20 seconds then that indicates problems.
3, chaneg teh tmieout limit in the php.ini file...
From those that have used it...
does the newest version of Vbulletin actually do anything that is *worth* the upgrade?
(especially when it'll still be running on the same server that is causing the time outs...)
As far as I know there isn't realy anything that can be done in a php script (aside from cuttng down the amount of work done) that will actally make the sever any faster.