I've been really happy with DNN. I think most of it's troubles are actually reputational. You run into some folks in forums around the net who really hate it... I think mostly because they had a bad experience with an early version and never went back; or, because they are putting blame on bad extensions on a good platform.

I do think that there could be little more attention given to some basics that help make the system extensible and flexible for normal users. Specifically, I mean things like some better common/core module options - the kind that you shouldn't have to depend on the community for... and a more consistent effort at making everything as flexible as possible - like having many options to customize core modules to your purpose.

With all that said, this is a great platform. Further, the move into the services framework and the expansion of the resource management stuff will help make sure it's relevant for years to come... and that's good for everybody.

Mike