My above post wasn't my opinion, it is what I thought myBB is trying to achieve. I beleive that no software will beat vBulletin, it could be possible that phpBB could achive it.
Punbb is the best free forum software. After my forum was established (10,000+ users), i switched to vBulletin.
I have never really used a punBB forum, so I cannot comment it. Is a forum that was created Febuary 2006 that now as 30,000 plus posts worthy of a vBulletin forum?