I met getsimple via an introduction from google using the keywords build 'simple' and "small business" website.
You might find this press release interesting: http://get-simple (dot) info/wiki/press_release.

I admire how get simple stayed focused on being simple and the needs of a very specific target market= small businesses who only need to manage a basic website!

I met it testing a lot of small and medium-sized CMSes out of interest, and after testing I moved permanently from CMSimple and CMSMadeSimple to GetSimple.

I too share an "atheistic" point of view, intentional equivocation. :)
I found GS on open-sourcecms.com and fell in love with its minimalism and I love its similarities to wordpress when it comes to theming. Though I still love wordpress and use it, Get-Simple works great for projects where you don't need a blog but don't want the overhead costs (server resources) that come with something like Concrete5, Joomla, or my least favorite "Droopal". :/

I happened on GetSimple via opensourcecms.com something like 1.5 years back, maybe even a bit longer ago. What I saw at the time showed a lot of promise but was still lacking a number of features I felt we needed for our clients.

In the meantime we opted for RuubikCMS, a CMS wich in quite a few ways is similar to GetSimple. Especially in the ease-of-use department for the end-users. Which in our opinion is what is most important. It's nice to have a CMS that has all the bells and whistles you could think of but in the end is very complex in using (the dreaded Joomla springs to mind).

Naturally I always kept an eye on GetSimple in the meantime because I liked it a lot. The project has matured very nicely in the meantime, overtaking the previously preffered Ruubik. Especially the ever growing range of plugins.

So I did a test project in November, GetSimple came through in flying colours. Then did a production site for a client, again a huge success, the client loved it and took to it like a duck to water.

In the meantime we (sounds quite heavy hahaha but we are a 2-man operation doing corporate design, advertising and webdevelopment for a very diverse customer-base, ranging from 1-man companies to multinationals) have decided to go with GetSimple as our CMS of choice for small to mid-size companies.

I am now working with it almost daily and absolutely love it. It is a very robust system which, thanks to the diverse nature of the plugins can be used for all types of websites.

Good job all!

I too googled lightweight CMS and found GS

I agree with Connie - This is a ringing endorsement for GetSimple. Thank you very much for your detailed explanation!!

By comparing CMSes.. Started with Wordpress, then found Concrete5 and so on.. Till I tripped on this and 'got stuck' to it. cmscritic.com or w/e helped a lot.