EE 2.0 To be Released

If you’ve been following the 2.0 news for a while, you know that there has been speculation that it’ll be out of its much anticipated development labs before the year. It’s now confirmed. EE 2.0 will be released on December 1st of this year. We’ve been evaluating the beta version for several weeks, and am counting the days until the official release.

For more information, head over to EE's official blog for a list of related links and tips. If you're interested in the price structure of the new release, Leslie Camacho (the President of EllisLab) has this to say:

ExpressionEngine 2.0 will be released on December 1st, 2009. The Commercial license will retail for $299.95, the Non-commercial license for $149.95, and there is a new license type called Freelancer. We’ll have more info on Freelancer in November but the basic idea is that its an easy way for a freelancer (or small team) to deploy EE 2.0 on their own website for $99.95 (please note that the Freelancer is not the Commercial license, just cheaper). If you purchased EE 1.6.3 or later, the upgrade price to 2.0 is only $50 (the retail price difference). That’s a year and half (plus) of grace period on upgrades.

We'll keep you up to date, and counting the days until December 1st!