In reply to Alec Kinnear.

I am far from a Wordpress affciando as can be shown by my deletion record.

No, hosting companies need not respect what Wordpress says and wants. Hosting companies must respect what their clients want and be forthright in informing them of such things as, "Your CPanel or WP installation will not automatically update". Thats just common responsible thing to do. People run eCommerce via Wordpress. A security issue not updated might afford access to the Database. While they might not mean card data it does mean order data, ship addresses and more. ALL of that is confidential. You cant call Amazon and say, "Hey, My Neighbor Joe Joelson at 222 Bob Ave received a big box from you guys. What did he order? How much was it? Is his phone number on file? Can I have it?" That all falls into libel areas in the USA.

I got screetched at for saying, "I'd never set up eCommerce with any open CMS".

Cant argue the Microsoft / Apple deal. Part of market / product is to obtain and control marketshare. Just because this or that claims Open Source, Free, do as you please does not erase that paradigm.

I am far from a WP fanatic, I wish I kinda were... be alot more help to me, LOL.

I developed commercial games for years. EA, EMI, Sierra, Atari, Dynamix, SSI and others. I burned out on it.

Wanna really know "pressure" give that commercial industry a whirl.

I learned Joomla core upside down did quite a bit there.

Latest project is actually all ASP.NET C# Enterprise level commerce application worth oodles and oodles and oodles of revenue as we transition from Web 2.0 to Unified Internet. It needs a CMS in support. Joomla couldnt handle load. Not even close to whats expected. Wordpress, still working at it. If it cant, well, then I will be off to the races having to code a fast .NET CMS. Base CMS wouldnt bother me to code. Heck, in .NET most of its already there its just piecing it together. But its the capabilities thats the flush. WP we could do anything with.

My fiance' actually suggested maybe I contact Automattic to see if they want "in" on what I am doing as what I am doing actually cant really fail at least conceptually and its readily worth as much as Amazon.com is.