Uh, what has happened to the "hosted" forums (specifically Liberty and Acquisition)? Liberty seems to have been deleted, Acquisition still seems to be there, but even though I'm "logged in" I can't post or reply.

Then I notice a little sign about ponying up 4 bucks/month to be a subscriber... so do I take it correctly that the ONLY way to get support for software I HAVE paid for is to pay to be a "subscriber???"

No. Technical issues, that's all.

OK... maybe a note posted on the forum listing to let users know???

I thought I had:
http://sciforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26087

You did, but notice that your thread was started after I had posted the above??

Anyway, it seems that at least the Acq. board is mostly back, except for some reason I still can not post. I see plenty of other new posts, but I get a message about if I was a moderator I could post... something to that effect. The messages at the bottom of the page indicate I can post new threads, reply, etc. Just an FYI...