[m_eiman]

Probably that it takes six pages of instructions to get it up and running.

[pestaa]

Exactly why I prefer static pure HTML pages whenever it has a tiny chance of being good enough. That is for hackers in my book.

[mnutt]

This is a static pure HTML page generator.

[imathis]

Everything is explained thoroughly but there are really only 3 steps, all on the first page http://octopress.org/docs/setup

1. Clone Octopress 2. Bundle install 3. Rake install

The reset of the documentation is about deploying, customizing, and updating.