In reply to Jesse.

Condescending Mullenweg? Wrong guy.

Hyperbolic, slightly, but the attempted tie to dDOS was indeed misleading ... no special relationship there.

Indeed, we see here in the comments someone attempting to follow up on the flawed dDOS-logic. Bad call ... over-enthused for your thesis, it looks.

XML-RPC is just a tool. Some people aren't up to screwdrivers. Some misuse them. Not a commentary on the tool itself.