With the CMS I coded, I have used it in nearly all websites I manage, but additionally, it is being used on websites I now manage for small business in the local area. I consider it stable enough for production use. I believe that the software has a primary use as well as other elements. In the case of WP, to me, it is evident that it's primary function is not a CMS, but rather a blogging system, with CMS as a secondary function.
Apparently I hit a third rail in the CMS world, because the comments kept flowing.
And, it still remains a vendor and consultant dominated landscape that you trying to frame the space based on the tools and put up artificial walls based on product price points or analyst quadrants/waves. And yes, I lump myself into that bucket, although I try my hardest to stay on the outside.
Don’t even get us started on what to call our space (SMS, WCM, CMS, BAH).
You see.. Any topic with so many evangelists touting “How to use ABC as an XYZ”, probably means that either 1) ABC is admittedly not an XYZ, but it can be used in a similar fashion if tweaked or used in a certain way, or 2) ABC is not quite as intuitive as we might have thought, and these how-to videos, articles and blogs are required to educate users. I tend to think number one is more likely.
That's not the logic at all. I look at the functions and the primary function to determine what the heck a piece of software is. By your logic, this forum is also a CMS. Toiler paper and disposable napkins can be both paper towels. They're just not called paper towels, nor are they engineered to be so.