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Weblog System Features Compared

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the immovable-weblog-object dept.

prostoalex writes "The question of the best weblogging system out there arises quite often, especially after the new licensing scheme introduced by MovableType. Here's a rather detailed breakdown of currently popular blogging and content management systems. Out of 11 software packages, 10 run on any server with variations of Perl/PHP and MySQL/PostgresSQL, and one requires Windows and .NET Framework. 4 are licensed under GPL, 3 are under BSD. Mark Pilgrim explains why licensing is suddenly important."

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  1. Let the predictable comments begin by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The best weblogging system is one that doesn't let lame people talk about themselves. Search enginges should ignore them too."

    "Hey don't be so stuck up. I blog for fun. If you don't want to read it, don't. Besides, lots of people like reading about me massaging my mom's feet."

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  2. Re:The Best Webloging system is slashdotted here. by eltoyoboyo · · Score: 3, Funny

    That $3.95 a month for 1GB of capped data transfer seemed like such a bargain at the time....

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  3. Re:my own? by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why, when I was your age, we wrote static HTML pages! None of this fancy-schmancy dynamic drek! When we wanted to update our weblog we would open up the HTML file and put the text right in there! And we liked it!