In reply to Rob Reale.

All true, but the discussion does reveal some things about the people producing it. There often seems to be an antagonistic and largely fictitious, overly reductive line drawn between "developers" and "users" -- especially when the implication is it's also a distinction between professionals and non-professionals, or people who command a "high" rate and those who do not.

Another angle: does anyone ever think there ought to be a WordPress track at major professional conferences like the AMA (currently taking place in Austin)? Their site is built on WP, and undoubtedly many of the "professionals" attending already use or might be in a position to consider adoption of WP at a college, university, or other biggish company but... http://austinama.org/?s=wordpress