The people at Six Apart (the husband and wife team Ben and Mena G. Trott) are launching TypePad, a consumer friendly verison of their (user unfriendly) Moveable Type blogging software.
"TypePad is an upcoming hosted service providing powerful tools for creating full-featured weblogs. Built in response to the needs of webloggers, online diarists and writers, TypePad harnesses the power of Six Apart's popular Movable Type personal publishing system into a turnkey service, suitable for beginners and experts alike."
As TypePad is not released until May it's to early to say if it will becom an interesting option for the average blogger or not. The mind share of Blogger.com is huge and combined with that of its owner, Google, any competitor must be prep'd for a long and hard battle.
According to Ben Hammersley at The Guardian, TypePad's strength lays in its set of features. Personally I'm curious to see how TypePad manages its Moveable Type heritage and what pricing models will be on offer.
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