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Old 01-20-2012, 01:58 PM  
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I think it depends on the situation. I think there are some projects it's great for and will work well for long term, especially if the user is a developer, Web savvy or technical themselves. Similarly, I think if someone doesn't mind hiring a developer like you to work on their sites from time to time on an ongoing basis it's not a bad option long term.
but WordPress is by far the most non-tech friendly CMS I have ever known. I mean bar none, so not sure why you say this. At least 50% of their users are people that barely know how to turn on a computer. And that is a very conservative stat, I wouldn't be surprise if it's 90%.

On a side note, of all the custom WP installs we have made in the last 4-5 years (well above 300, with around 60/70 being CMS) up to date I remember only 3 persons requesting for support and/or mods, and 2 of them because they wanted a drastic change. I don't know how it is for other people, of course, but IMHO there's a reason why many developers hate WP: because once you install it, the client doesn't need the developer anymore
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