Six Log: How are you using the tool?:
If free isn’t an issue for you and you’re willing to pay for a version of Movable Type (say the $69 version) and the blog/author limits won’t work for your current use, write a non-emotional post explaining how you’re using Movable Type and TrackBack this entry.
Of course, I had to read Adriaan’s site to learn about this . . . what exactly is the mt-users mailing list for, anyway?
Anyway, on to what she asked for:
* I have one weblog and I am the sole author. It doesn’t get any simpler than that. I use it as my soapbox/megaphone: it’s like a voice vote in a legislative body, and I’m just adding my voice.
* free is somewhat an issue: if if came down to it, I might be forced to switch. I don’t need another hobby that comes with costs.
* I have to echo Adriaan’s sentiments that MT was got me started doing this, and I feel reluctant to migrate out of some loyalty or just unexplainable stickiness.
I have also suggested/lobbied for organizations and institutions to adopt weblogging (with MT as the tool of choice): if that worked out, it would be no fun to go back and tell them that the great free solution I talked about wasn’t anymore.
And did I mention that all my URLs have “movabletype” in them? That was conscious decision: if I migrate, I’ll go with something like “weblog” or some other generic thing, but I was so pleased with how easy this was, I wanted to spread the word.
I have to add, I’m just not hearing much about performance or scalability and these are big issues for me. I had expected these to be addressed before now, and would make it a deal-breaker if this isn’t addressed in 3.0. Couple that with the problems beta users are having dropping back to 2.x when they find that 3.0 doesn’t work for them: I think SixApart can do better.