I google’d Discourse a day or two with a friend to check out what it was as I had never heard of it, even as an active forum surfer. What we found is pretty interesting in the sense that presently they are working with select organisations/companies to beta test their forums.
Quote from the Discouse website: “three great partners willing to live on the bleeding beta edge and run forums with us”
Source and where you can find out more about Discourse @ http://www.discourse.org/buy/