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Bloggers Assail Movable Type's New Pricing Scheme

Posted by michael on from the slash-still-free dept.

cioxx writes "An immensely popular weblog publishing tool, Movable Type, has announced a new pricing model based on "support level, number of authors permitted, and the number of weblogs permitted per license". MT3D (Developer Edition) for non-commercial users has drifted away from its full-featured, free predecessor and managed to upset many blog authors whose entry summaries can be seen via the trackback feature originating from the initial MT3D announcement. Is this a case of bait-n-switch, or simply a company trying to capitalize on its dominant market share? WordPress (GPL), which is an equally powerful CMS, seems like a perfect candidate for those who are considering a switch to a non-crippled, free alternative."

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  1. This makes me cry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://www.cookiethievery.com/old/041904/

    copy and paste that, thats how they came up with the new pricing scheme

  2. Good! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe now we won't have to put up with their whiny blogs. Google has been destroyed because of their tripe. Fuck trackback and fuck all of you cockgobbling emos!

  3. UBlog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I use UBlog, from UBN. It's lightweight and made especially for geeks who are kind of put off by the typical blog cruft. Comments are even disabled by default, which I like. And! It's open-source, and available in PHP AND Perl.

  4. Fewer bloggers? Please? Please? by SuperBanana · · Score: -1, Troll

    Aside from super-low-priced cellphone cameras that suddenly explode while uploading images, I can't think of a better way to cut down on the number of bloggers in the world.

    --
    Please help metamoderate.
  5. Re:All idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Amen to that. The open source crowd are advocating what is really modern-day slavery. White slavery... forcing people to work and give up all their hard earned product for no wages.

  6. Re:Not surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why is it a loss? You love the product and enjoyed using it so PAY A LITTLE FOR IT.

    Is it possible that one Linux user isn't a cheap fuck and will pay for applications they use? Or do we need to lose more paying jobs to make software free...

  7. MOD PARENT UP, ublog is awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I use it not only for my site, but my mother's site.

  8. Oh boo-hoo. by infochuck · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quitcher bitchin'. This only applies to a) individuals posting to MORE THAN THREE blogs, and b) blogs with multiple authors. Anybody meeting one of these criteria is likely not doing this 'just as a hobby', and can afford to pony up a one-time software fee that seems perfectly reasonable. Or switch to something else. Just quit whining already.