Robert Scoble, John Gruber, and others all have their anti-WordPress opinion about how it’s not the user’s fault they got hit by a worm. Gruber concludes his post by saying:

I fully acknowledge that there is much to be gained by running your own copy of WordPress. But clearly there is a price: constant vigilance.

This is 100% correct. The error he makes is implying that this is not the case with Movable Type or other blog engines. The fact is, if you have a computer connected to any other computer then no matter what operating system you’re running, no matter what software or services you are running, no matter how much security you put in place the price is ALWAYS constant vigilance. Any statement otherwise is ignorant.

Or maybe John Gruber thinks it’s fine for people to not update their OS either. Maybe he’s running the GM version of his OS with whatever Adobe Flash came on it. Or maybe like an intelligent person he UPGRADED his software.

P.S. I love Daring Fireball, it’s only the discussion going on around the WordPress vulnerability that is bothering me.