Few days ago, Six Apart announced that Movable Type will be released under GPL license. Great news Six Apart!

As a Movable Type user, I will not bring this decision into a debate. One thing I have in my mind is that it is a good news. Anyway, Movable Type 4.0 Beta had been released for public too! I have downloaded the beta version distribution, installed it, and my first impression… wow! Many changes on the user interface. At my first glance, I find it simpler and well-organized. Of course, for the drastic interface changes, I needed time to explore the pages.

And, it seems promising. I know that other blogging platform like WordPress or Expression Engine already have these features long time ago. But, Movable Type will also offer features that other blogging platforms have. And, personally, from the beta look, the next release of Movable Type seems so promising. And I believe that it will help (me) in working with Movable Type, as my personal blogging tool, or as a CMS platform for my projects.

Since it is in the beta development, I think I will wait for the next release. There are still many bugs, but.. hey! it’s shaping up… Thank you Six Apart!