Is it too late for Movable Type? Probably not

I have to confess, I didn't understand half of what Dana Blankenhorn is saying in this ZDNet blog entry, Has Movable Type Gone Open Source Too Late?

I get that just about everybody things WordPress is better, and I've had plenty of my own problems with Movable Type. And I get that Google's Blogger product isn't getting the heat and light that's both warming and shining on WordPress, but I think all three platforms are pretty darn healthy at the moment.

I use all three services. Google has done a whole lot to improve Blogger -- setting up the blog the way you want it is easier than ever. I'm enjoying WordPress, especially the built-in stats, which I think Blogger should add immediately. (And no, I haven't tried Google Analytics; they should integrate it with Blogger if that's what they want you to use).

And as I've said, Movable Type 4.01 represents a huge leap over the old version. There are plenty of big companies beating the shit out of it -- we've got so much blog content on MT, it's dizzying. And MT must've really had something to offer to get BoingBoing to move to their system instead of WordPress. I'd like to find out the real story behind that.

I guess what I'm saying is that there are no losers in this game ... among the big 3. I'm sure Yahoo and AOL have blogging services, but who's even heard of them in the past few years?

And we can't count out the blogging functionality inherent in MySpace and Facebook. That's huge, to be sure.

So here's my take: Blogging has so jumped the shark that now we can focus on what it brings to human discourse: the best way yet to create, organize and present information on the Internet.

There, I've said it. Or can I just say "I blogged it"?