In reply to Alec Kinnear.

A couple points:

1) Dan Griffiths isn't a designer by any stretch, he's a developer, and a former Arch Linux core developer. He knows about low level systems.

2) It sounds like y'all think HostPress is meant to let you manage your hosting account from within the WordPress install hosted in that account -- not at all. It's a separate system that uses WordPress as a ui layer and glorified version of BackPress -- making HostPress easier for hosting companies to customize and style.

Honestly, it's shocking the assumptions you're making in order to disparage a project you don't understand.