Comments on: Future of WordPress and Movable Type http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/future-of-wordpress-and-movable-type/ Thoughts on technology, marketing and entrepreneurship. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ?eid=143431 http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/future-of-wordpress-and-movable-type/comment-page-1/#comment-481529 ?eid=143431 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:50:49 +0000 /?p=70#comment-481529 <strong>?eid=143431...</strong> ?eid=143431... ?eid=143431…

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]]> By: Anil http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/future-of-wordpress-and-movable-type/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Anil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=70#comment-14 I think there's a significant number of benefits of MT for businesses, starting from professional support, but covering a number of other areas: * broad platform support (multiple operating systems, databases, web servers and APIs are supported) * extensive programmatic hooks, not just for plugins, but for extending core functionality in a really robust way * a professional network dedicated to providing resources to business users and consultants who can help with deployment * separation of business logic from published content, letting you manage data better Obviously, I'm biased, but that's just where I'd start differentiating Movable Type from any other tool on the market. Compatibility at the API level with both our other platforms, and at the template and tags level with TypePad, make for a really valuable benefit as well. I think there’s a significant number of benefits of MT for businesses, starting from professional support, but covering a number of other areas:
* broad platform support (multiple operating systems, databases, web servers and APIs are supported)
* extensive programmatic hooks, not just for plugins, but for extending core functionality in a really robust way
* a professional network dedicated to providing resources to business users and consultants who can help with deployment
* separation of business logic from published content, letting you manage data better

Obviously, I’m biased, but that’s just where I’d start differentiating Movable Type from any other tool on the market. Compatibility at the API level with both our other platforms, and at the template and tags level with TypePad, make for a really valuable benefit as well.

]]> By: Tom Markiewicz http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/future-of-wordpress-and-movable-type/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Tom Markiewicz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=70#comment-15 Anil, I think I misspoke in my post. I should have written that I don't necessarily see the distinct advantages of MT <i>over</i> WordPress for business use. This is different than what I wrote which implies there are no benefits for business. I can see numerous blogging platforms excel for businesses in this market. My only caveat is that I am starting to see a distinct ease of use between those tools like Movable Type that are blogging centric as opposed to Drupal where blogging was added on. I think what it will come down to is both the size and technical proficiency of a company's IT staff. How big are they? Do they need dedicated support? What technical biases do they have? (i.e. if its a Microsoft shop, they may be more inclined to implement a .NET based blogging application. Overall, I only take exception to these "holy wars" that often have in IT. Windows versus Unix. SQL server versus Oracle. You get the point. Some people just get it in their head that there is only one right tool for the job and that is just simply not the case. I think there is plenty room for multiple blogging applications. It benefits everyone to have more successful platforms. Anil,

I think I misspoke in my post. I should have written that I don’t necessarily see the distinct advantages of MT over WordPress for business use. This is different than what I wrote which implies there are no benefits for business. I can see numerous blogging platforms excel for businesses in this market. My only caveat is that I am starting to see a distinct ease of use between those tools like Movable Type that are blogging centric as opposed to Drupal where blogging was added on.

I think what it will come down to is both the size and technical proficiency of a company’s IT staff. How big are they? Do they need dedicated support? What technical biases do they have? (i.e. if its a Microsoft shop, they may be more inclined to implement a .NET based blogging application.

Overall, I only take exception to these “holy wars” that often have in IT. Windows versus Unix. SQL server versus Oracle. You get the point. Some people just get it in their head that there is only one right tool for the job and that is just simply not the case. I think there is plenty room for multiple blogging applications. It benefits everyone to have more successful platforms.

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