In reply to Bob Dunn.

The issue is that making wordpress to be an alias to wordpress.com reduces all wordpress developers to "people that know how to work with wordpress.com". As you say, if 99% think that wordpress is yet another WiX, then that what it is. Once it happens in earnest google will start reflecting it and it will become harder to find things on the net which are related to the software.

This will dilute the brand wordpress and will make marketing harder for developers that will first need to explain what is the difference to any new prospective client. And more, now that wordpress.com starting to also be a hosting service the confusion doubles as to what exactly is the difference.