Comments on: Expression Engine 1.6 Released

By: Firm

Firm — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:03:54 +0000

Questions I’ve posted to the EE forums, on the other hand, have been answered within a few hours, often by EE staff.

By: jeepers

jeepers — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:13:56 +0000

um, there is a FREE version, it’s called ‘expression engine core’. I’m not sure about all of you, but so far it’s got everthing I need to run my blog.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:28:48 +0000

Most open-source minded people will be underwhelmed. But EE is something like a trendy gadget, the way mac products are. Make it free and they’ll search another product eventually (though they won’t admit that now). It caters to a snobist market. Veerle fits right in.

By: billg

billg — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:10:10 +0000

One specific reason I bought it is the built-in caching function. I could never get wp-cache working and no one at the wp-cache site responded to my queries.

Questions I’ve posted to the EE forums, on the other hand, have been answered within a few hours, often by EE staff.

The EE cache, which includes SQL query and DB caching as well as page caching, so far is dead simple to set up and administer.

To each his own, though.

By: David Peralty

David Peralty — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:43:43 +0000

Nothing is wrong with buying what you think is best. I’d just prefer to change something that is close to the best and is free. Just call me cheap…

By: billg

billg — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:12:06 +0000

I’m using a non-commercial EE license for a personal site. I’ve used WP, MT, TxP, and others, but EE seems more in synch with my thought patterns. Yes, it costs money, but so what? Why should our choice of software for “personal projects” be limited to freebies? What’s wrong with buying what I think is the best?