It’s highly likely that by now you would have heard that MovableType is going Open Source with the release of Version 4 (now in Beta).

With the release of 4.0 comes 50 new features which you can look up at their site.MT is a good piece of software but i don’t think they will ever regain the crowd as the bulk of them are Wordpress users but it’s interesting to see a good competitor in this field, competition is always good.

Here are some thoughts on the matter:

Movable Type moving to Open Source

MT4 is available for download and is looking for user feedback prior to its official open source release. With over 50 new features from its previous MT 3.0 incarnation, Six Apart hopes to gain some of its former users who switched to other platforms in response to MT 3.0’s licensing requirements and fees.

Rebuilding Movable Type

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