Current Version: 3.0
Cost: Free
Development: Community Driven
Specialization: Blog
Hosting: Own Server, Free hosting
Source: Open Source
License: GNU GPL
Language: PHP
Database: MySQL
Our Impressions:
Wordpress is best for bloggers, but is certainly capable of much more. The new administration pages really make managing your site a breeze. The ease of installing and upgrading make it a great fit for non developers. It has everything it needs for what most people want and need for blogging: Posts, comments, media, links, simple pages, users, etc. The new 2.7 admin interface is slick and very customizable.
Wordpress (like a lot of open source applications) is updated often and is in constant change. It becomes easy to add plugins for functionality that may become outdated or stop working when Wordpress updates. It can handle simple websites splendidly, but has limitations for bigger sites and when there are needs for more complicated kinds of content.
