{"id":1542,"date":"2004-05-14T12:57:56","date_gmt":"2004-05-14T19:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2004\/05\/14\/another-pocket-of-slack-stamped-out\/"},"modified":"2004-05-14T12:57:56","modified_gmt":"2004-05-14T19:57:56","slug":"another-pocket-of-slack-stamped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2004\/05\/14\/another-pocket-of-slack-stamped-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Another pocket of slack stamped out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The end of free<\/a> has come to Movable Type.<\/a> If you want to upgrade and be honest, it’ll cost you. A lot.<\/a> I am disappointed.<\/p>\n

I am an enthusiastic user of MT2. It’s a good program. I’ve encouraged other people to use it, and via the MT support forum, tried to help the community a little. But based on my own current usage, I’d owe Six Apart $150 if I upgraded to MT3: their license is based on the number of authors and blogs you host, rather than a more direct metric, like the number of support requests you make. And my usage is entirely for vanity and community projects: it’s not like I make a dime off any of this. That’s a lot of money to spend on free expression.<\/p>\n

Even that might not be too bad if I perceived much value in this upgrade. I don’t. As useful as MT2 is, it’s getting long in the tooth, and there are features<\/a> that users have been clamoring for for years, few if any of which appear in the new version apart from comment management.<\/p>\n

For the time being, I’ll sit pat. MT2 works, and it isn’t going to stop working. But there are features I was expecting in MT3 that aren’t there, and (as I understand it) will not be there unless developed by third parties. Switching to a different system–even an open-source one–would be expensive for me in terms of time: I’ve got a lot invested in tweaking MT and learning its ins and outs, and getting to a similar level of proficiency with a different system would take a long time. So in that sense, it would be reasonable for me to pay $150 to upgrade (if I had a reason to), but only because they have me over a barrel.<\/p>\n

Later:<\/ins> After the barrage from the blogosphere, Six Apart has backed off a bit–giving you more for your money and allowing a more expansive definition of a “blog.” I congratulate them for being responsive. With a little creative counting, I could probably sneak in on the $100 license now. Still not exactly cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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