12:18 AM
Internet Moveable Type: RIP, part 2

And as I typed that last entry, MT was busily backtracking and changing their pricing plan. When I first saw the pricing plan an hour ago, it was like this for personal plans:

1 author, 3 weblogs - special $70, normal $100
3 authors, 5 weblogs - special $120, normal $150
5 authors, 10 weblogs - special $150, normal $190

(I'm not totally sure on that last one, I was still in shock from the first two.)

Here's their revised pricing plan (which may have changed by the time I hit "post" on this!) Currently it shows:

Personal:
5 authors, 5 weblogs - special $70, normal $100

Then you pay $10 to get an additional author/weblog combo. For example, if you have 10 authors and 8 weblogs, you'd pay $50 more.

So if I upgraded, it would be $70, still too much for me, get that puppy down to $40, I would think about it - but I'd have to see what new features I was getting, besides the TypeKey thing.

I don't think they changed anything on the commercial plans but --- look at this:

Commercial:
5 authors, 5 weblogs - special $200, normal $300
20 authors, 15 weblogs - special $600, normal $700

What company in their right mind would consider paying $200 for the commercial 5/5 plan when the cheapest personal plan has the same thing??? Now, I realize that legally and ethically anyone using it for commercial purposes is supposed to buy a commercial license but if there's no difference in the software for the personal edition and the commercial edition, that pricing just looks really wonky. if they upped the 5/5 to 10/10, it would look a little better when compared to the personal licenses.