If you want to replace wordpress you need a modern rewrite, not a fork.
The #1 problem of wordpress (among many) is it loads every darn thing on every darn page and it's now a godzilla of a program so it's becoming a huge nightmare. A cache miss in WordPress on a busy server is a horrible, horrible thing.
Buried in the text is it would be a fork of wordpress.
Net is filled with that sentiment, but it never takes off:
http://www.google.com/search?q=fork+wordpress&tbo=1&...
If you want to replace wordpress you need a modern rewrite, not a fork.
The #1 problem of wordpress (among many) is it loads every darn thing on every darn page and it's now a godzilla of a program so it's becoming a huge nightmare. A cache miss in WordPress on a busy server is a horrible, horrible thing.
You cannot escape that problem by a fork.