Static HTML is also a lot less resource intensive. I think the main thing in the way of people using MT is that lots of people get their first introduction to

Static HTML is also a lot less resource intensive. I think the main thing in the way of people using MT is that lots of people get their first introduction to blogging on some free WP hosting first and consider the switch to commercial shared hosting to be an upgrade. People like this wouldn't see switching blog platform as an upgrade so much as an inconvenience.