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Pelican isn't exactly client-friendly and has far fewer features than WordPress. Pelican and the rest of the static-site generators might be great for developers or tech-savvy folks, but you'd be hard-pressed to sell the system to the average web client.

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I think there's a decent opportunity for someone to build for a combination of a static site generator with a clean web administrative backend and API for dynamic content (forms, discussion, social network stuff, etc). Of course, the admin backend would be a target but would at least be a smaller attack surface.

Exactly, but it's perfect for me. I guess having a WYSIWYG editor and a web UI would make it more user friendly.

I also like that I can have my content under version control.

Statamic tries to blend the best of both worlds (client-friendly UI + no database): http://statamic.com/

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