The DB in 7 has been totally redesigned. The current DB in 6.5 has basically been cobbled together clear back from version 3. It's grown, new fields thrown on, some poor design decisions along the way which made it not scale so well.
That's why version 7 isn't just a simple upgrade even from prior versions of .threads and we'll have to actually write an importer for it. It's *completely* different. I know from your standpoint that might not be the best thing to hear <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> However it's something that's been needed for along time.
