I think if EE made the bridge and charged for it people would buy it. Afterall the Intent of the EE Developers is afterall to make mony right? If not they would be giving away the script.
Allt hat needs to be bridged are the usernames and usergroups. no need for double quieres when it comes to private messages etc, just disable the EE private message system. Thats all that needs to be done.
I really want to switch my site to EE, as I am in love with the software and use it for one of my newer sites. But the forum software just doesn’t cut. It may be Full of Features but it lacks all the Features my 30,000+ users are use too.
I’m closing this thread as this topic has been discussed multiple times. Its simply not as easy or straight-forward as you describe. If it were, we’d already have a solution.