So this is was supposed to be a festival for all open source? WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and all other Open Source projects (not just CMS/blogging), correct?

Wow he doesn't use WordPress....oh my God let the apocalypse come down upon us.

All roads lead to Rome. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla all do essentially most of the same things, just different ways. All three take 3 different roads to Rome.

Certain elements in the WordPress/Drupal/Joomla communities need to take something long out of somewhere where the sun doesn't shine. De-inflate the ego. There are things that WordPress is better than others, there are things Drupal/Joomla/etc...is better than others...and every other similar OPEN SOURCE software.

Same thing can be said about PHPBB/SMF/XMB/etc....forums software.

Obviously the WP.org/.com/swag store/wordcamp central should all be running WordPress. I have used WP/D/J. I use all three.

The Open Source Community is made up of different sections that have things in common (hence OPEN SOURCE). Within those sections there is the CMS section. Let's all get along, ok?

He was promoting OPEN SOURCE, not WordPress specifically.

People who bitch at events, they don't have to attend those events. Obviously the only bitching allowed would be if a WordCamp organizer was using Drupal or Joomla.