Why does latex get so much love compared to context (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page ), when latex only has a handful of academia-focused templates by default and the barrier to making your own is really, really high?
(No, I will not use the gimmicky caps, they annoy me.)
I looked at the beginner's manual and user manual on their wiki. The first document looks terrible (I expected Comic Sans any moment, after seeing the heading/special section frames), the second has broken layout on some pages. Not inviting unfortunately :(
For me, the main reason is that latex has the academic-focused templates that matter to me: the conferences I submit to provide latex stylesheets. If I were to use anything else, I'd be stuck rolling my own.
(No, I will not use the gimmicky caps, they annoy me.)