Hi guys,
If you’re building a new community (of which there already are quite a few), then why choose to create a site which is NOT built in SharePoint? Sorry, but I really don’t get that. Especially with all the new social features in 2013 I would expect all community sites to adopt 2013 as soon as possible. But that’s just my humble opinion 🙂
Received a reply from Microsoft. They were already in the process of discussing this, but a decision has not been made yet. It ‘s indeed a matter of budget and I could imagine some governance as well. Anyway, they promised to keep me posted so I’ll see what happens. When I haven’t seen any updates in a few months I’ll ping them again.