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there goes my high-hopes running this site on MovableType 3.0. they released the new pricing three days ago, and no matter how i look at it (for the damn three days), i cannot convince myself to buy it…

i can understand where they came from. Sixapart is a company, and they need to make money, right? especially if they want to keep developing the software at its best. besides, a free well-designed CMS like MT is too good to be true. so, yeah, basically, they have every right to charge for the new release.

now, from my end, i don’t see why i want to buy the new software, despite all the things i said in the previous paragraph. first of all, i have multiple weblogs and multiple users, which disqualify me from using the free version.

second of all, i think the price is just way too steep for my pocket. with the current MT that i ran, i happily creating weblogs and adding users wherever and whenever i want to. some of the users and weblogs are not even as active as this site, but they’re still not deletable. now all the sudden, i have to pay the things i created a while back (additional $9.95 for extra weblog and extra user). it’s like having IRS — or tax department in your country — decided to raise a tax on clothing, and will charge your for the stuff you bought starting 4 years ago. … well, maybe not that extreme… hehe.

so, i’ve been frantically search for an affordable and as powerful journalling CMS as MT. but then, i realized that i don’t need to switch. it is possible that the current MT 3.0 is way beyond what i need to run this website and other weblogs i have. i can just stay using version 2.661, until either i find another affordable CMS that suits my needs, or i can finally convince myself to buy MT 3.0.

although i wish i could use the TypeKey…