A bit of an introduction

We're a software startup. What kind of software? Software for smart people to create cool stuff with. (We're talking about developer tools.)

We have a bit of an open-source agenda. We don't care too much about chasing rich clients or the whole debate on software piracy. We just want to get our stuff out there.

We already have our first product. It's called GD-CMS, it's completely free, and it's a no-frills web content management system (that's what CMS stands for). We wrote the first version in about an hour because it was easier than dealing with the more bloated CMS offerings out there. With GD-CMS, you need a server (or hosting provider) that supports PHP, you need file access to the server for editing your content, you need to know a few basic HTML tags for formatting, and that's about it. (Now we're up to version 1.3, and the PHP script has grown to over 9 kilobytes.) We turned it into a 'product' because we need practice getting exposure (that's part of the motivation for this blog, too). And we need feedback. Lots of feedback.

(But seriously, use it! If you were planning on creating a simple static website, use this instead. You get the kind of control you'd get from using a static website, with a lot less hassle.)