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Nice pivot guys, congrats on finally launching!

Weren't you originally supposed to be similar to site44? i.e. Static site hosting using dropbox.

Why the change?

We haven't changed. We are just launching our open source server / APF first, building a little more community around that and then we will launch Harp.io.

I'm curious: did you release the server first because the harp.io bits aren't quite ready yet? Or is building a community for the backend server intended to eventually drive customers to the hosted service?

Honestly, both. We are big believers in open source and creating more value then we can capture. This was true when we created PhoneGap, and still true today.

The Platform is not far off and we have people using it, we just want to apply a little more polish and make the experience exceptional.

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