It's not an obvious position. They need users for feedback, but don't want to claim their software is fully production-ready. On http://www.discourse.org/faq/

It's not an obvious position. They need users for feedback, but don't want to claim their software is fully production-ready. On http://www.discourse.org/faq/ http://www.discourse.org/faq/ you get both what just quoted, at the top, and below: Should I switch to Discourse right now? Probably not.