In reply to Matt.

You "dig" Taco Bell? Because it's the highest quality Mexican "inspired" food available to you, or because it's the most "popular" and "cheapest" Mexican inspired food? Either way, I doubt you choose Taco Bell for special occasions or important business meetings. But at least Taco Bell is supposedly one of the healthier fast food chains. Of course that's not saying much. :)

As far as WordPress, it's not at all "effectively" free to use, unless you barely use it. As you're well aware, to properly use WP for a business site, you need to research, purchase, and maintain several plugins and themes, plus pay thousands per year for professional design and maintenance services. WordPress, like Joomla and Drupal, is basically a bespoke application. But like what happened in the revolution of the auto industry, as the web industry matures, people are increasingly demanding far more user-friendly website solutions. You don't dispute that do you? Don't you also agree that 99% or so of non-techie business owners cannot build a proper WordPress-based website? I would call a 99% failure rate a major cause for concern. That's why I push back against web people who falsely claim it's super easy for business owners to build and maintain a WordPress-base website.