Comments on: License Changes with Movable Type 3 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/ Faith, Technology and Randomness in Life, According to Scott Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: timhu http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-835 timhu Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-835 i think 2.661 is working fine; no need to go premium with 3 if it costs money. i think 2.661 is working fine; no need to go premium with 3 if it costs money.

]]> By: Simon http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-836 Simon Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-836 In the end, excellent apps like MT will only improve if it's economically feasible to do so. pMachine seemed to be the first weblog tool to go commercial with Expression Engine. I guess the big problem is large-scale non-commercial use (rather than the personal blog). Certainly for our Church site, we would be willing to pay for the right software, but the $$$ would have to be reasonable for a non-commercial organisation. In the end, excellent apps like MT will only improve if it’s economically feasible to do so. pMachine seemed to be the first weblog tool to go commercial with Expression Engine.

I guess the big problem is large-scale non-commercial use (rather than the personal blog). Certainly for our Church site, we would be willing to pay for the right software, but the $$$ would have to be reasonable for a non-commercial organisation.

]]> By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-837 scotty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-837 Yes. With Expression Engine, you pay something like USD$44 to have unlimited authors and unlimited blogs. Various reviews also have demonstrated its superiority in comparison with MT. Now with 6A charging USD$70 for personal license supporting only 3 authors and 5 blogs, EE now looks much much better. What I did not spell out in my article is one problem I found with 6A and MT. At the end, MT is not an open source software. If it is, it would have no issue finding support and improvements. Look at Cafelog, b2 and WordPress - they have grown a lot over the past year. MT is where it is today because of its low entry price (back then), which then creates a good community with lots of people writing free plugins for it. Now we are at version 3, and 6A suddenly want to charge non-commercial deployments with large number of authors or blogs, which was free previously. It is definitely going to hit the community that has made MT as what it is today. People will either stay where they are at 2.661, or go with a open source alternative, so that they will not be bitten again. Yes. With Expression Engine, you pay something like USD$44 to have unlimited authors and unlimited blogs. Various reviews also have demonstrated its superiority in comparison with MT. Now with 6A charging USD$70 for personal license supporting only 3 authors and 5 blogs, EE now looks much much better.

What I did not spell out in my article is one problem I found with 6A and MT. At the end, MT is not an open source software. If it is, it would have no issue finding support and improvements. Look at Cafelog, b2 and WordPress – they have grown a lot over the past year. MT is where it is today because of its low entry price (back then), which then creates a good community with lots of people writing free plugins for it. Now we are at version 3, and 6A suddenly want to charge non-commercial deployments with large number of authors or blogs, which was free previously. It is definitely going to hit the community that has made MT as what it is today. People will either stay where they are at 2.661, or go with a open source alternative, so that they will not be bitten again.

]]> By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-838 scotty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-838 Oops. I think I was wrong. Expression Engine costs $149 for non-commercial use, and $199 for commercial license. https://secure.pmachine.com/index.php?ACT=EE But compare to the new license of MT3. Hmm... Oops. I think I was wrong. Expression Engine costs $149 for non-commercial use, and $199 for commercial license.

https://secure.pmachine.com/index.php?ACT=EE

But compare to the new license of MT3. Hmm…

]]> By: Tami http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-839 Tami Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-839 Confession: I'm the TYPE TWO BLOGGER. I have a blog but I don't know much about blogs... are there actually blog-softwares that you just need to install it and then...start blogging (sorry, I'm an computer & internet idiot)?! Honestly I don't mind paying, but I have to graduate first :P Confession: I’m the TYPE TWO BLOGGER.

I have a blog but I don’t know much about blogs… are there actually blog-softwares that you just need to install it and then…start blogging (sorry, I’m an computer & internet idiot)?! Honestly I don’t mind paying, but I have to graduate first :P

]]> By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-840 scotty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-840 Miss Type Two, I have no idea on how to reply your comment. It is Movable Type "version 3"! LOL. 有點特意來搞笑的傾向喔... Anyway. Let us continue the discussion on the license changes to MT3. Miss Type Two,

I have no idea on how to reply your comment. It is Movable Type “version 3″! LOL. 有點特意來搞笑的傾向喔…

Anyway. Let us continue the discussion on the license changes to MT3.

]]> By: Tami http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-841 Tami Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-841 :P OOOOOH!! Movable Type "version 3"!?!? I knew that :P Alright alright, I'll beeee quiet and read! :P :P OOOOOH!! Movable Type “version 3″!?!? I knew that :P
Alright alright, I’ll beeee quiet and read! :P

]]> By: xsoteria http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-842 xsoteria Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-842 Hi, just stumbled upon your blog... ^_^ Have you heard of Plog(http://www.plogworld.org/)? PHP based and supports multi-user Might be an interesting one to look at Hi, just stumbled upon your blog… ^_^

Have you heard of Plog(http://www.plogworld.org/)?
PHP based and supports multi-user
Might be an interesting one to look at

]]> By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-843 scotty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-843 Yup. Just checked the plog website and it seems to be an interesting implementation. I might give it test drive. One thing I worried is the user base, as it might lack the user communities of MT or WP. But being PHP it is definitely more hackable (by me) than Perl based MT. Btw, are you Anderson who visited MBF on Sunday? Sorry that I did not have a chance to talk to you. Wish you and Jenny well in your "church shopping", but we will always be delighted to see you come back :) Yup. Just checked the plog website and it seems to be an interesting implementation. I might give it test drive. One thing I worried is the user base, as it might lack the user communities of MT or WP. But being PHP it is definitely more hackable (by me) than Perl based MT.

Btw, are you Anderson who visited MBF on Sunday? Sorry that I did not have a chance to talk to you. Wish you and Jenny well in your “church shopping”, but we will always be delighted to see you come back :)

]]> By: xsoteria http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-844 xsoteria Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-844 Yup, it't me. Thank you. pLog seems to support user communities, there are currently 11 users using in our website. However, pLog still needs a lot of tweak, but it looks promising. Yup, it’t me. Thank you.
pLog seems to support user communities, there are currently 11 users using in our website. However, pLog still needs a lot of tweak, but it looks promising.

]]> By: scotty http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-845 scotty Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/05/license-changes-with-movable-type-3/#comment-845 As of user community, I was actually talking about the user base - where you can get supports, plugins, extra hacks, etc. I think having a good community, especially in the OSS scene, is a *good thing*, as there will always be active development. There are many blogging tools these days, many OSS, some gives you free beer, and some costs you. I do prefer something that will be developed actively. As of user community, I was actually talking about the user base – where you can get supports, plugins, extra hacks, etc. I think having a good community, especially in the OSS scene, is a *good thing*, as there will always be active development. There are many blogging tools these days, many OSS, some gives you free beer, and some costs you. I do prefer something that will be developed actively.

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