Let's see here.

SixApart announces they will charge for their software and the Blogosphere comes unglued.

Dave Winer kills several thousand weblogs and barely a peep.

Here's a Netcraft article on the debacle (via Halley)

So in summary:

SixApart gives away something for free, addresses money concerns, announces pricing scheme that includes free version, community views them as a 'sellout'.

Winer gives away something for free, address money concerns, kills several thousand weblogs with no warning, community says 'people should be grateful'.

WTF?