For me, it was really about speed. I used Wordpress because I could learn it quickly and I had a modified blog (my goal) as quickly as possible. I didn't have t

For me, it was really about speed. I used Wordpress because I could learn it quickly and I had a modified blog (my goal) as quickly as possible. I didn't have to worry about learning how to connect to a DB, etc. Today, I actually hate Wordpress as much as you do. I now use Crowd Fusion whenever possible, but Wordpress's introduction to PHP helped a lot.