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Hey fellow HNers. I'm trying to decide if there is real value in this and if I should do something with it... or maybe WordPress will buy it from me. It can do incredibly complex installs for web apps very fast. Please let me know what you think.

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It might be interesting as an open source project, but I can't see it as having too much value, especially with hosting services like Dreamhost giving people 1 click installs of Wordpress.

That is a possibility I'm also considering. There are also commercial applications that hosts like dreamhost obviously cannot install for people. And this would always have the most up-to-date version, maintained by the application writer.

Dreamhost and other providers DO have simple installers for things like WordPress. Most good providers do. If people are using these hosts, they won't need your tool.

Honestly I'd be worried if I saw somebody using a tool like this to install WordPress. Too much potential for abuse.

It's not that I don't trust you, but I don't trust the other nefarious guy who will build SEO and setup a site to install corrupted versions of WordPress for people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastico_(web_hosting)

That's part of the puzzle, but not the whole solution. Doesn't help for commercial apps. I guess I should have made it more clear that the WordPress part is just a demo of the concept, not the end goal, as nice it would be for WordPress to buy it.

I'd say WordPress should be beating down your door to buy this from you.

But that's just my opinion.

Thanks. That would be nice!

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