It looks like I won’t be upgrading to MT 3.0. Six Apart is trying to put a happy face on it, but their pricing scheme is frankly absurd, and Shelley is right that there’s no guarantee of a free version past 3.0. It’s really too bad, and I think (hope) that Ben and Mena will be unhappily surprised by the disappearance of their user base.
Some people are planning to migrate as soon as possible, others (like Shelley) are glad they beat the rush, and still others never used it in the first place. Me, I’m planning to stick with 2.65 for a while. I don’t currently need an upgrade, because I’ve already got all the features I need. In the meantime, I’ll investigate my options more thoroughly before staking my course. Maybe I’ll go with WordPress or Textpattern, or maybe I’ll just grow my own.
SJ Alexander says:
Hey Laura,
This doesn't surprise me a bit. I found out Mena was a nutter when I met her at a Seablog meetup a couple of years ago. Jerry Kindall and Daniel at tinyblog dared to take her picture and she squawked for a full 45 minutes about having final pic approval. Neurotic, to say the least.
However, her husband is adorable!
Dorothea Salo says:
Oh, well, if not liking having your picture taken is sign manifest of insanity, better call the nice folks with the straitjackets and have me taken away.
But then, I guess we already knew I was crazy. Never mind.