Being a diehard MovableType user we will be upgrading this site tonight to MovableType version 3.14. The stop gap measures put into place by parent company Six Apart looks like a good first step towards fixing the problem that many of us have had to deal with.

I am sure my hosting provider will be happy about the upgrade let's just hope they keep their focus and get a real fix into place so we don't have to force users into registering with their third party authentication service just to leave comments on this web sites.

eWeek has extensive coverage on the issue. [eWeek]