WordPress has a competitor, MoveableType goes open source
Very powerful blogging platform MovableType is now free again, SixAppart the company that developed MovableType decided to make it open source. How would this affect WordPress’ position in the blogosphere? In the short run, WP doesn’t have to worry. But, in the long run… it’s probable that MovableType will catch up with WP, and maybe even take it over.
MT is a very robust and stable blogging platform. Some of the big corporations are using it, such as: AmericanExpress, Boeing, WashingtonPost, GM and list goes on.
Its advantage over WP is that, it allows you to manage (create) multiple blogs (from one place). For MT you just need to install it once, and the rest will be just clicking on the buttons. Need a new blog or number of blogs, just click “create blog” button, want to remove particular blog, click on “delete blog” button… and it will be gone, it’s that simple. So, if you have more than one blog, then you might want to check MT out.
Its disadvantage over WP is, it’s quite complex to install. If you are not IT savvy, its installation can give you a big headache. WP’s five minutes installation is really the simplest installation out there.
But, now that MT is open source, simplification of the script will take place, slowly but surely. But, as a blogger, MT’s going open source is only a good news for us. Because ultimately it’s the bloggers who will benefit from it, from the free, improved blogging platform. Competition will also keep WordPress going forward. (website: www.movabletype.org)
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By James @ Total Web Review on Dec 15, 2007
I may be trying it out for a few of the sites that I don’t have up yet. It may take me a little while to figure it out but maybe I can find a handy little guide out there somewhere.
By Byrne Reese on Dec 17, 2007
We are working hard with every release to make things easier. MT 4.0 (the precursor to MTOS) had a hugely improved installation experience:
http://www.movabletype.org/2007/06/install_demo.html
By Ades on Dec 19, 2007
Byrne, thanks for the link, that definitely helps. And thanks for making MT open source.