…allow everyone to easily publish on the Web!
And to make that happen, WordPress must be an easy to develop and design web publishing environment.
Stop! This is comparing apples and oranges. [WordPress] is a honed, refined blogging product that does one thing very well, whereas Drupal is a flexible, extensible CMS plus a huge set of tools for building websites, web applications, and integrating with other tools.
By “jam – Senior Wr….”, “The time is right for Drupal products“
It’s frustrating that competitors are still trying to pigeon-hole WordPress. The satisfying irony is that I expect WordPress’s use for non-blog sites is growing faster than the competitors.
Sure, we have biases. We are biases towards familiarity, usability, and not stressing people — letting people be awesome!
A leading example of what you can do with WordPress 3.0 CMS features is what CBS, with the help of VOCE Communications, have already created for nearing 200 CBS Radio and CBS Local properties. Sites like:
There are countless other examples, but a few have been cataloged at wordpress.org/showcase/tag/cms/