Sadly this post does not mention any alternative. There are plenty good old blog software solutions like Drupal, MovableType or S9Y and a few new ones like Typo

Sadly this post does not mention any alternative. There are plenty good old blog software solutions like Drupal, MovableType or S9Y and a few new ones like Typo, based on Ruby on Rails. Roughly a year ago I compiled a list with 7 recommendable WordPress alternatives: http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/10/wordpress-hacked-7-great-self-hosted-blog-platforms-as-wordpress-alternatives-for-seo-business.html http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2008/10/wordpress-hacked-7-gr... Especially Typo sounds great: "Typo is the oldest and most powerful Ruby on Rails blogware, providing custom templates, powerful drag and drop plugins API, advanced SEO capabilities, XMLRPC API and many more."