In reply to Ejaz Siddiqui.

I was using Drupal until I was at a DrupalCamp back in 2008 or so, where they had invited some WordCamp guys to speak a bit about "things WordPress". I could just feel how much easier my life would be, if I switched to WordPress. Just the plugin (modules in Drupalese) updates would be automatic, not cumbersome as with Drupal.

Later came Drupal 7, a big disappointment, due to its "design by committee" design process. D7 could have been so good, yet missed the mark.

Anyway, if a project is to overtake WordPress in popularity, it would require a leader as good and charismatic as Matt Mullenweg. Every movement needs a leader. Drupal had (has?) Dries (?) but he's not been as visible publically as Matt.

Kasper Skaardhøj was also crucial to Typo3's success. When he stepped down the throne (literally, there was a video haha) Typo3 had peaked.

In my opinion, I'm at times a bit frustrated with WordPress. It is, in my opinion, suffering from some of the same flaws as Joomla (although to a much lesser extent): too reliant on plugins to do anything but the most basic stuff. That makes it less stable, because so many parts have to play along together, and each can be a weak link.

What I'd love to see, is a more... framework-like... building block... experience. But that's some years out in the future before we see that happen.