I was talking about usability of bitcoind for a low-volume bitcoin user (at least one tech savvy enough to run a command line tool) as being "not all that bad" in this particular sentence.
I understand your point and I disagree with you. Bitcoind is particularly bad for small-time users:
1) it cannot be used on shared or managed hosting plans
2) you have to trust you website manager with check-writing authority on your BTC account
3) the support infrastructure uses unsuitable protocols (JSON instead of FIX)
See my reply in other thread about the plight of small-time traders:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=35357.msg439514#msg439514Big-time users can afford dedicated servers, dedicated connections to the exchanges and dedicated accounting and infrastructure management teams.