@Jeffro -

I knew someone was going to play THAT card against me, might as well be you :)

:D

I think we can all agree that WordPress is awesome.

I'm also cool with the idea that WordPress is a CMS in that it helps Jeff manage the content on this blog. It's not that I don't think it's a CMS, it's just not a CMS in the same way that the others on the list are.

It's like... comparing a Harley Davidson bike to a Greyhound bus. The Harley looks awesome, and can do some simple things well. The Greyhound bus does more things for more people than the Harley, but requires more work to get the licence. It's wrong to say that one is better than the other at every thing simply because more people in a specific subset have Harleys.

If all you're wanting from a vehicle is to go to and from your mates house, a Harley is awesome. If you want to take 60 people cross country, with multiple drivers, and go shopping, then the Greyhound bus is the better option. Is it accurate then to say that the Harley is either the best or most successful mode of transport?

The stats in the article are based on the top million websites. The Key stat I think is that there are more blogs in the top 1 million sites than any other type of website. Jeff this website has 1 blog page, and 2 static pages. If you were my client I'd recommend WordPress, and I'm so glad that its working for you. But above a certain size or functionality, using WordPress becomes counter productive (hello e-commerce, hello forums).

how does WordPress maintain the strengths it has today in terms of why it’s so popular with users all across the board in terms of skill levels but also implement most of what Kevin thinks WordPress needs to be considered a true CMS?

I've given a slightly wrong impression there, sorry. I do think WordPress manages content, it just doesn't manage as much content as the other CMS' listed. WordPress is like Duplo. Comparing it to Mechano or Space Lego when all you want to do is build a house is unfair.

Take forums as an example. Forums are awesome, exceptionally simple, and have been around since before the first website (as Bulletin Boards), but we don't have an honest-to-goodness genuine forum that works well with WordPress.

I'm not suggesting that WordPress should suddenly attempt to morph into something it's not, such as Drupal or Joomla, but I am suggesting that growth of popularity due to ease of use and ease of installation over functionality are things to be wary of. It's alot easier to fix the UI than it is to fix the underlying data structure.

Just because something is either a) popular or b) widely used or c) simple - doesn't mean that it's either sustainable (hello IE6, IE&, IE8).

Facebook, Google+, Twitter have all made huge in roads to "blogging" sphere in the last 6 months. More and more of the blogs/news sources are moving to using these services rather than be reliant on plugins that are not tied to the latest version of the software (e.g. Robert Scoble and WordPress' reliance on community created social media plug-ins). If it starts eating into the that market, what does WordPress have to fall back on?

===Finally found it...===

here's an image from Dougal Gunter's website from last year that appeared on the planet.wordpress.org news feed.

http://maxcdn.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/WordPress-vs-Drupal.png

The idea that it's as easy to change the underlying Architecture and API of any system, as it is to make it look better is not even close to accurate.

Sometimes we WordPress fans need to look outside of our own bubble.

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Duplo: http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/le/lego-duplo-creative-bucket-5538-.jpg
Space Lego: http://www.flushthefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/space_lego.jpg
Meccano: http://www.kerrisontoys.co.uk/images/838540.jpg.pagespeed.ce.OWgAQK9HNK.jpg@David Gwyer -