I’ve forgotten how many times I sat down to upgrade—only to put-down the pending work for later. I even kicked my dormant-close-to-extinct Blogger blog (my first one) from Blogspot and moved it to post here.

I even had second thoughts about installing Movabletype 3.0D after my then existing install 2.661 went bust (largely due to my mishandling of certain files that I successfully managed to disable the whole thing albeit un-intentionally). The crash put me into a sudden halt, yeah, like the handbrake type

For the person that I am, I’m fairly sane, out of my teens and 20s, so usually, you’ll not find me jumping at the first thought. I take time, until I’m happy. I’m exaggerating this because I have dual roles: One as a private person running the system that I like and that I can modify. Two: I also happen to run my Department’s infobahn.

I needed a system that could fit hand-in-glove with not just me, but to someone that may take over if or after I leave the company. Movabletype came very close. As a matter of fact, it was my default choice in the first place. I was waiting for the newer version to be released, so that I could deploy it on the network.

I tried Textpattern after the licensing fiasco at 6A. Textpattern somehow kept giving me PHP errors even after a couple of re-installs and I had to figure out the php code. The hack that I did was still far less than satisfactory stripping away some of the elements in the default mode. Also, the interface boggled me. If I could take an hour to really understand the system, I would need to spend a whole day or even more for someone that’ll be working with me. After I saw John Hicks switch to Textpattern, I gave it another spin, thinking positively that it must have been my goof-up somewhere when people like Hicks can use it. May be that’s not it at all—some software are less fault tolerant and assume a certain setup required. I found WordPress to be the best among all that I tried and was able to install on most setups that I tried without a hitch—even lightly entertaining as I went step-by-step. Have you seen any software that gives you a friendly feel of a first person conversation, when you install?. WordPress does that (probably Matt’s idea). It’s a great feeling! Most people may not notice it, but to me, it’s a big deal. Reassurance at every step that you’re doing okay. I hope the WordPress team never take that away as they mature.

After using WordPress, the thoughts of reusing Movabletype just faded away. No chugging and no rebuilds, plus the native advantage of doing simple things in PHP.

To me, WordPress is a freedom of expression. No chains, no licenses, no limits. And you bet I’ll be using WordPress to power our Department’s portal, and power my wife’s very private blog.

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