We don't think this would hurt Discourse or any of the projects that we package, but rather we are helping the project by simultaneously enlarging the number of

We don't think this would hurt Discourse or any of the projects that we package, but rather we are helping the project by simultaneously enlarging the number of users that can install Discourse (by making it easier) and reducing technical support (by preventing common installation issues). The reason why WordPress is so popular is that anybody can download and install it and is offered by nearly every shared hosting provider, VPS provider, etc. But when people want a hosted version, or professional services, etc. the majority will still go to wordpress.com Discourse is aiming to do the same and become synonymous with forum software by creating high-quality forum software and giving it away. Given the dismal state of forum software I, for one, hope they succeed and will try to help them in all I can.