Comments on: MT3? Nah. Not Yet. http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jean-Olivier Lanctôt-D. http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9181 Jean-Olivier Lanctôt-D. Fri, 14 May 2004 01:24:55 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9181 Erik, you would have to pay 299$ because this blog is clearly for commercial purposes (tho it's not ONLY for that, it has links with your business, FSS) Erik, you would have to pay 299$ because this blog is clearly for commercial purposes (tho it's not ONLY for that, it has links with your business, FSS)

]]> By: Adalbert Duda http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9180 Adalbert Duda Thu, 13 May 2004 23:14:01 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9180 The free version is NOT hiden, it´s there on the right of the <a href="http://secure.sixapart.com/">order page</a> with FREE in big letters. I don´t get the noise! If you have just a personal weblog, you can still use the free version. If you have 10 sites with 40 authors as someone wrote elsewhere, it´s somewhat more than just a personal weblog. If all those people contribute something, you can pay for it - I´d also try to speak to the Sixapart folks and try to get a price reduction. I´d be happy to pay it (if I´m convinced that it´s good software), though I´m already using Typepad and paying 80 bucks a year for that (so in comparison people can pay something for MT too). OK, you can argue about the sum. AD++ The free version is NOT hiden, it´s there on the right of the order page with FREE in big letters. I don´t get the noise! If you have just a personal weblog, you can still use the free version.

If you have 10 sites with 40 authors as someone wrote elsewhere, it´s somewhat more than just a personal weblog. If all those people contribute something, you can pay for it - I´d also try to speak to the Sixapart folks and try to get a price reduction.

I´d be happy to pay it (if I´m convinced that it´s good software), though I´m already using Typepad and paying 80 bucks a year for that (so in comparison people can pay something for MT too). OK, you can argue about the sum.

AD++

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9179 Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 13 May 2004 20:24:59 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9179 You didn't read it wrong. I got two keys. The first counts for $20, the second for $25, meaning I get to apply only $45 out of the $50 I donated. All keys beyond the second count for $20. You didn't read it wrong. I got two keys. The first counts for $20, the second for $25, meaning I get to apply only $45 out of the $50 I donated. All keys beyond the second count for $20.

]]> By: Jon Gales http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9178 Jon Gales Thu, 13 May 2004 19:52:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9178 Maybe I read that wrong... $70-$50 = $20. And well there is a free version too. Maybe I read that wrong... $70-$50 = $20. And well there is a free version too.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9177 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 13 May 2004 18:48:08 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9177 I just listened to an interview with Ben and Mena, and they were saying that donations made up to 3 years ago can be put toward a MT3 "license". It's not about the money. When it was just the two of them, they were fine living on just donations (average donation per download is something like 35 cents) - but now that they have employees to feed, they can't sustain a company with that. There will always be a fully functional free version, and even the "non-free" versions are based on the honour system (whatever that means... no serial numbers?) I just listened to an interview with Ben and Mena, and they were saying that donations made up to 3 years ago can be put toward a MT3 "license". It's not about the money. When it was just the two of them, they were fine living on just donations (average donation per download is something like 35 cents) - but now that they have employees to feed, they can't sustain a company with that.

There will always be a fully functional free version, and even the "non-free" versions are based on the honour system (whatever that means... no serial numbers?)

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9176 Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 13 May 2004 17:08:55 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9176 1) I beta tested (and alpha tested) MT3. I know what it is/does/etc. However, I did it on a clean site (http://techstra.net/) and didn't worry about importing old data. 2) I've looked at EE and it's overkill. 3) I've got an existing site with existing URLs, so blogging packages that can't just use these URLs are not even on my list. Textpattern may be nice if you're starting out, but it can't give me URLs like I have now. 1) I beta tested (and alpha tested) MT3. I know what it is/does/etc. However, I did it on a clean site (http://techstra.net/) and didn't worry about importing old data.

2) I've looked at EE and it's overkill.

3) I've got an existing site with existing URLs, so blogging packages that can't just use these URLs are not even on my list. Textpattern may be nice if you're starting out, but it can't give me URLs like I have now.

]]> By: Justin http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9175 Justin Thu, 13 May 2004 16:43:10 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9175 I just got MT3 Free Edition installed, the only thing readily apparent is the better looking admin area. There's some changes in the config area for TypeKey and a few other little things. Things seem to rebuild much faster. There's something that it does with background processes to speed things up, don't know much more than that though. My plugins all seem to work fine, however I don't use Timer. Macro seems to work for my smilies. Blacklist hasn't been tested yet, but everything I can think of works. I'm not fond of the pricing. $70 for a better interface and TypeKey, but with restrictions that didn't used to exist? And the support is useless to me. Maybe if there were some new features, but at this point, I don't think I'll be forking up the money. I just got MT3 Free Edition installed, the only thing readily apparent is the better looking admin area. There's some changes in the config area for TypeKey and a few other little things. Things seem to rebuild much faster. There's something that it does with background processes to speed things up, don't know much more than that though. My plugins all seem to work fine, however I don't use Timer. Macro seems to work for my smilies. Blacklist hasn't been tested yet, but everything I can think of works. I'm not fond of the pricing. $70 for a better interface and TypeKey, but with restrictions that didn't used to exist? And the support is useless to me. Maybe if there were some new features, but at this point, I don't think I'll be forking up the money.

]]> By: Johan Svensson http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9174 Johan Svensson Thu, 13 May 2004 16:31:44 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9174 I switched to Textpattern two months ago and haven't looked back. And on that note, I should really write about my impressions... I switched to Textpattern two months ago and haven't looked back. And on that note, I should really write about my impressions...

]]> By: fozbaca.org http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9182 fozbaca.org Thu, 13 May 2004 16:21:48 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9182 <strong>MovableType 3.0</strong> SixApart has finally released Movable Type 3.0, no wait that was the Developer Edition. My inital reaction is, much displeasure.... MovableType 3.0

SixApart has finally released Movable Type 3.0, no wait that was the Developer Edition. My inital reaction is, much displeasure....

]]> By: Derek http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet#comment-9173 Derek Thu, 13 May 2004 16:21:47 +0000 http://nslog.com/2004/05/13/mt3_nah_not_yet/#comment-9173 There is still a free version of MT... It's on the bottom of the right column on the buy page... It took me like 5 minutes to find it. They hide it pretty well, like the free Real Player link... But you are limited to one user and three weblogs now, with the free version. I've been using the ExpressionEngine lately and it is really great. I wouldn't use it for my personal blog, but if you need a CMS it's a great deal. And it's the same price as only a 5 user license of the new and underwhelming MT 3.0. EE smokes MT in pretty much every area. The only thing MT had going for it in comparison in the past was that it was free... But now they lost that, so... Not much left. There is still a free version of MT... It's on the bottom of the right column on the buy page... It took me like 5 minutes to find it. They hide it pretty well, like the free Real Player link... But you are limited to one user and three weblogs now, with the free version.

I've been using the ExpressionEngine lately and it is really great. I wouldn't use it for my personal blog, but if you need a CMS it's a great deal. And it's the same price as only a 5 user license of the new and underwhelming MT 3.0. EE smokes MT in pretty much every area. The only thing MT had going for it in comparison in the past was that it was free... But now they lost that, so... Not much left.

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