[mwexler]

Depends on needs, as there are some pretty sane people who don't want to be IT support for all their friends hosting small projects, and don't want to have to install and manage alternative control panels for them. Bugs, issues, quirks and all, cPanel and hosts that offer it may be fine for folks with limited needs or relatively clean/secure apps.

But sure, for the most savvy of devs and ops people, cPanel hosts may not be the right setup.