#1: fair, but when was the last time you had to install mod_php outside of a local development environment? Ever come across commodity hosting that didn't have

#1: fair, but when was the last time you had to install mod_php outside of a local development environment? Ever come across commodity hosting that didn't have apache + mod_php? #2: also fair, however Wordpress and Drupal are by far the most popular open source CMS's on the planet, despite this apparent handicap. If # of websites is your metric, what would be the closest competitor written in another language? Plone? #3: also fair, no rebuttal.