Sarah, good writeup on Ghost. I've been using WordPress for nearly 10 years and can it see it evolve from a very simple writing platform to a massive CMS with more options than a normal user needs.

That being said, I think a key strength that WordPress has is that it can work almost out of the box when you install it without going crazy with a 100 configurations. You'll ofcourse want to install a few plugins and themes to get you ship shape.

Ghost (without having tried it hands-on) appears to be like what WordPress started out, with the latest technology embedded in there.

It will be an interesting platform to watch. Will it revolutionise the blogging industry? Maybe. But, a lot of this will determine how well they can influence users to make a switch from WordPress to them.

I'll be waiting for the release.