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MT Options
After the weekend's furor over Movable Type's new licensing plan, the dust seems to be settling a little. For now I plan to stick with MT, and will probably buy the individual license.
Meanwhile, the furor has encouraged a lot of discussion around the web of alternatives to MT. This can only be a good thing, because it gives exposure to other developers and even if MT remains the preeminent blogging platform, it will have to stay on its toes to remain competitive. New options I've found (many from this mefi thread) which I may consider sometime in the mythical future when I have time for such things include:
Nucleus CMS eXtreme Edition
WordPress and TextPattern, both of which I mentioned before.
Pivot
blosxom (free, open source)
b2evolution (free, open source)
WebGUI (appears to be more general CMS than dedicated blogging platform, but I'm sure it could work)
PHPX (free, open source)
rb.log (free, open source)
Discloser (free, open source)
Exscribe (still in infancy, it seems)
dixit.net
Absolut Engine
e107
Many of the above are packages released under the GPL, which sounds great after reading Mark Pilgrim's convincing argument in its favor. But like I said, I have neither the time nor really the burning desire to make a big switch now. If I start any new blogs from here on out, they might use another package, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Posted May 17, 2004 05:47 AM | meta-blogging
is there a good reason not to just stick with the last free version of MT?
Posted by: monica at May 17, 2004 06:57 AM
I used b2 a couple of years ago for an old blog. It's far more mature and easier to use now than it was then, and it wasn't too difficult then.
Posted by: Steve at May 17, 2004 07:38 AM
Nothing wrong at all w/just continuing to use MT 2.6, the free current version. But then what would I have to whine about?
Kidding! But I do think MT is worth paying for and I look forward to being able to take advantage of new features and plug-ins. Also, I really would like MT to be faster. Is it just me, or does it take like two minutes from the time you click "post" on a comment and the time it actually finishes processing? That's not the server (I don't think), it's a slow MT. It takes just as long to post new entries. I'm hoping that if I upgrade, things will get snappier. Of course, for now, I *am* sticking with 2.6, since I have no idea when I'll have the time to upgrade.
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b2 does look pretty cool...
Posted by: ambimb at May 17, 2004 06:46 PM
