Yup, Byond now provides perhaps the most flexible and integrated information system I've seen in any game. And the programming is VASTLY easier to do than programming a dynamic website, even though the tasks are exactly the same.
Have you guys thought about ways to have Byond be a web server? I would convert my website over to it in a second.
Strange you should mention that idea. I was just thinking of it myself and getting that creepy must-work-on-this-even-though-I-shouldn't feeling. I think you may be right--it could turn out to be a pretty good platform for hosting dynamic web sites. Since many worlds will probably have a related web site, it would certainly simplify things to serve it all through the same system.
I need to clarify in my mind how things would interact in this scenerio. Obviously one could write a bunch of cgi programs in DM. I'm planning on writing a suitable script to make that possible when I get a spare moment. However, it would be nice to open things up a little more than that to take advantage of BYOND's inherent multi-user capabilities. That requires a little more thought...