Hey, I'm the author of WP-CMS. I still believe the project makes sense: a version of WordPress without Gutenberg (and without the whole Blocks/FSE experience).

It doesn't have to be a competition (and it never could compete with WordPress anyways), but it can be a leaner version, for people who are already disabling Gutenberg via plugins, for developers who want a different approach to the way they develop their projects (closer to "the classic" experience, but yet... modern!).

Eventually, it won't make sense to run a fresh copy of WordPress to then go and install a plugin that "disables" half of it. What's the point? Why not have a version that covers that specific usecase?

I'm using alternatives to WordPress now, but since WP-CMS is very easy to maintain, I'll keep dedicating time to it. For fun, to stay updated with what goes on in WordPress, and also because I believe in the concept, be it called ClassicPress, WP-CMS or WhateverPress. I don't care. The problem is, ClassicPress wants to become "something else", with different versions and different features. And that's a waste of time... because it will end up being an frozen-tweaked version of WordPress 4.9, if they keep the current flow.