In reply to Tim Kaye.

Hi Tim,

Your response/attack further highlights the many problems with WordPress. Because it's an open source free-for-all platform, and end-users must rely upon countless third-parties to use it, WordPress problems and frustrations inevitably lead to a bunch of time-wasting finger pointing.

When an end-user has questions or problems with their WordPress site (and they will have an endless stream of them), they generally must seek help from one of numerous third-parties, not WordPress. Even if an end-user is fortunate to work with a good in-house or outside web designer/developer, their web person will frequently (rightfully or not) blame WordPress, the theme developer, the hosting company, one or more of the numerous plug-ins, etc, etc, etc. But usually their web person is the one who researched and recommended WordPress, the theme, the hosting company and the plug-ins.

For some reason, like Andreas, you also act as if I didn't openly acknowledge the importance of WordPress developers. Why is that? The point is, and remains, that end-users should be WordPress's most important audience because they are the ones who will ultimately determine the future of WordPress (and the success and incomes of WordPress vendors).

While you unfairly claim that I fail to appreciate developers, I don't think you said anything about the importance of end-users. That sort of a misguided and myopic view of developers is at the core of why WordPress is being threatened by so many other options that instead let end-users know that they are their most important audience.

Your obsession with developers reminds me of an email I received the other day from one of the dog rescue groups I support. Guess what their motto is? "It's all about the dogs!" I can't imagine someone getting upset that this dog rescue group's motto doesn't say it's all about their donors, staff, or volunteers. But apparently you and Andreas would.

Lastly, how many vendors do you work with that openly consider themselves more important than their customers??? (note: if my comments post w/out paragraph breaks again, I don't know why...)