To borrow the catch phrase of Arte Johnson's cigarette smoking Nazis soldier, "Verrry interesting..." And if you don't remember who Arte Johnson is, read the Wikipedia article on him.
Now what's so interesting? I was just reading about Movable Type's plans with version 4. We're running version 3.3 since last summer. Here's a copy paste from MT's website.
- A completely reinvented user interface with a dashboard overview of how all of your blogs are doing
- Support for publishing standalone pages and managing file assets and images right within MT
- Brand-new community features like OpenID, and a built-in user registration systemA completely redesigned component architecture that makes MT faster and more scalable than ever before
- And it’s going to be available in a completely open source version with its home at a completely relaunched community site that revives an old, beloved URL: movabletype.org.
The last bullet is very interesting. Seems SixApart has regained religion, that is, the Church of the Open Source. Somewhere out there, I think Henry is smiling. It's not clear to me yet if there is still a value added version we get for having paid for the product. But in the meantime, if you ask me if this is interesting, my reply is: You bet your sweet bippy it is.
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