Is blogging really that popular?

It does not seem too hard to custom write a cold fusion or mysql for that matter.

blogger.com says they have about 1 million registered users.  Is it too late?  Are there software packages that offer blogging plus many other features I have not thought of.

Ideas anyone?
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