[TxMt] OT: Wordpress alternatives?

[Gerd Knops]

Hi All,

There are quite a few blog experienced folks here so I hope you  
excuse the OTness:

Recently Wordpress has been buffing me: Security issues requiring  
immediate updates, too much manual labor for updates (especially if  
you maintain multiple blogs for multiple users on your linux server),  
upsurge of spam that can't even be stopped by disabling comments...

Are there alternatives that address the above issues?

Thanks

Gerd