I just used the ideas above to help me with something I was doing on one of my textpattern sites that had been broken for months. Google really comes in handy at times.
I can think of all sort of reasons why having the ability to Export from WordPress to the mt-import format is handy. It certainly saves time typing in entries when testing a design.
I am confused by reference to them as “imitations.” I downloaded them straight from the links that NM offered and installed them. In fact, Gemini is still up at https://cmsstyles.com/test/wp/.
Are these not the styles in question?