MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse: Six Apart quells the fury. A good example of how having allies in the world helps when you make a mistake. Clearly having folks like Jay Allen, Brad Choate and other powerhouses in the community help quite a bit as do the changes.
Still, it is sad to see that the folks at Movable Type didn't test this kind of stuff and still don't quite get the point that, having 50 blogs with 50 authors on a non-commercial site is terrific for them. If you could get that kind of PR, what would it cost.
That's one reason why if you want a copy of Microsoft Office for academic purposes it cost $50 (and still does!) while the enterprise product is 5x more. And this is from a company with 99% plus share. Sometimes it pays to get distribution and happy folks.
The lesson: The real money is in the enterprise, but the excitement is at the end-user non-commercial level.
Posted by rich at May 15, 2004 08:57 PM | TrackBack