Why not use another blogging platform then? It's not a Windows case of near-monopoly. There are plenty of blogging platforms. If WP is crap, why not switch to another one?
Unfortunately, the options are very constrained if you require both features and security. The only platform I know of with a strong security history and a decent feature-set is Apache Roller: http://roller.apache.org/
Yeah, good question. I almost switched to the more secure MovableType when they went open source but MT still does not support pingback, that is you can add a plugin which enables receiving pingbacks but you can not send them.
This makes your blog a dead end. Pingbacks are crucial to spread the message througout the blogosphere.
Another issue is the backend interface plus the frontend templates/themes. MT has a decent backend but you barely get any templates you can use.
The same problem arises with S9Y. Is just installed it and both the default templates like the remaining choices are awful. So basically you have to design and code everything yourself.
