NewsForge: Software CEO Says Open Source is Key to Company's Success

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"Roblimo: Why did you start a new CMS project instead of working with Slash/Scoop/others?

"JT: Slash really isn't a CMS so much as a blogger/news tool. And for that there is none better.

"Roblimo: But weren't there others?

"JT: I started WebGUI because there weren't any tools out there that did what I needed them to do. Metadot and AxKit were the closest at the time, but neither were user friendly enough for the target audience I was going for. Also, neither of them really focused on being a generic web-application framework..."

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