In reply to Shapeshifter 3.

"...that insists that WordPress should remain “Blog” software forever, with “Blog Focused Default Themes” that go back to the “Blogging Roots” of WordPress?"
- Really like this comment; maybe a little brashly put but you've absolutely got a point here! I'd also really like to see a much more CMS-focused default theme for once!

"...but I’m starting to think that it would be globally beneficial, if a small group of Core Developers started their own Forked Branch of WordPress as a CMS only"
- Oh god no! For all kinds of reasons (like branding and the allocation of resources etc - not to mention general user confusion), this can never (and nor should it) fly!

…in my opinion. ;)