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02/22/2007: "Survived The Upgrade!"

If I have a flaw as a webmaster, it's that I can't resist new software. Sure, I know that you should wait until someone else has shook out all the bugs, but I just can't do it.

When I started the MB last May, one of the primary drivers was a desire to work with blogging software. After looking around a bit, I chose Greymatter. It was cheap (OK, free), worked on my server rather than someone elses (like Blogger, for example), and seemed pretty stable. Unfortunately, after I got it up and running and customized the way I wanted, I learned that it was discontinued - no new development. Most of the GM users were jumping to other products like WordPress, but I'd just gotten it up and running, so I stuck it out.

I wasn't the only GM user who was disappointed when the development stopped. Several users approached the owner of the software and secured permission to begin development of an upgrade package. That new version was released last week, and naturally I just couldn't wait to install it.

The fact that you're reading these words is proof that they did a pretty good job. We're now running GreyMatter v1.7.1 and are happy as a clam. Dodged the bullet again ...