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Movable Type is Six Apart's simple, yet powerful publishing system which installs on web servers to enable individuals or organizations to manage and update web sites, blogs, journals, social media si... More

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by Maarten Schenk on March 4th 2008 at 07:48 AM

Disclaimer: I work for Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type

There has always been a free (as in beer) version available, and since a few months there is also an Open Source version available (free as in speech).

Feature-wise, MT can definitely withstand the comparison with WP, but with a much better track record on security and hassle-free upgrades.

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In Second Place...

by Bryce Chechenco on February 19th 2008 at 08:01 PM

No idea why these guys would do something as stupid as charging for their service, effectively alienating a good chunk of their loyal user base and losing the first mover advantage they had built.

The product is good but Wordpress clearly has the momentum and is the better product. Typepad is good for the entry level blogger since its more reliable and doesn't have the some of the upgrade issues you face with Wordpress but anyone looking for industrial-strength capabilities should think about upgrading to wordpress...

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OStatic Buffer Overflow...

by Sam Dean on Jun 23, 2009

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OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

by Sam Dean on Sep 19, 2008

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SGI relicenses OpenGL--the heart of 3D acceleration: "A huge gift to the free software community".....

VMware takes on Microsoft, Cisco with VDC-OS--see our previous analysis here, and a help wanted ad from VMware for an open source/Linux expert......

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Mandriva unveils Linux for netbooks.....

Firefox 3.1 beta release schedule delayed.....

Springnote Offers Easy Wikis

by Guest Editor on Nov 12, 2007

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Original Post authored by Mike Gunderloy on 11/12/2007 on WebWorkerDaily

If you're still waiting for Google to get in gear and open up JotSpot registrations again, it might be time to stop waiting. Springnote, a collaborative wiki service from Korea

Syntax highlighting in blog

by Jesse Babson on Jan 15, 2008

I am about to start using Wordpress or movable type for my blog. I write about tech stuff and include code snippets. I was hoping to highlight syntax in my posts, and ideally, link out to Wikipedia for other links. Any ideas on good ways to achieve this?