It looks like Jacob has moved to an ISY-centric configuration. I am not sure what Garrett is doing, but I suspect he is remaining Vera-centric. I, myself, am remaining Vera-centric. The reasons - for me - are that (1) the Insteon mobile applications do not serve my needs, (2) my environment has too many technologies (e.g., in no particular order, Z-wave, Insteon, Zigbee, Sonos, Squeezebox, Nest) that the Vera integrates well (much better now thanks to this plugin), and (3) the strength of the Vera community.
I am finding that this plugin permits a lot of versatility (perhaps Altsteon does as well, but I didn't get into it).