The Power of Blog

Dreamhost has introduced 'Easy Mode' to it's one-click install control panel:

When you do "Easy Mode", you'll be using a fully-hosted version of
WordPress as opposed to getting files installed into your own web space.

This fully-hosted version WILL use your own MySQL database though, which
you'll have full control of. Although you can still pick from over 50
themes and enable some plugins we have installed, you won't be able to
customize the themes or install extra plugins.

However, you also won't have to worry about managing your installation
at all.. we'll automatically handle all upgrades and it's now on US to
make sure your WordPress blog is always working and fast and correctly
configured (so long as you don't go mucking directly in your database)!

(In fact, "easy" WordPress one-clicks are ALREADY upgraded to 2.3.3!)

You still get the installation at any sub-domain of yours you'd like and
of course there are no ads or anything of THAT ilk.

Also, "easy mode" is cool because ALL you do is pick a (sub) domain and in
less than 17 seconds you're ready to blog!

In effect this gives you the advantages of a fully managed Wordpress installation with automatic upgrades etc together with the ability to use your own domain or sub-domain. The downside is that you get the same customization/plugin limitations as the Wordpress.com version. At the moment the 'Easy Mode' is limited to WP but Dreamhost will be adding other apps later.

It also seems that the billing fiasco of last month has actually generated more positive feedback than negative because of the way the DH boys handled it. There are people who hate Dreamhost's jokey approach to everything, even the very serious stuff, but as far as I am concerned I love it all and I think Josh Jones rocks!
And 500GB/5TB for around £3 a month! You'd be silly not to take a look.