On Mar 8, I wrote a post on why Six Apart should open source Movable Type. A little less than three months later on Jun 5, Six Apart indeed announced the Movable Type Open Source Project in conjunction with the beta launch of version 4. The new open source project will consist of a GPL-licensed [...]
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March 8, 2007
Is it time for Six Apart to open source Movable Type?
Six Apart currently faces two main issues with Movable Type. The first is loss of market share. It faces competition on two fronts – from other blogging software that can be installed by customers, and online web-based services for blogging that compete directly with TypePad (which runs on Movable Type). The second issue is the [...]
