Drupal recently made a deal with the devils (venture capitalists) by virtue of the a $7 million investment in Acquia. Acquia owns the Drupal brand (or at least legally they do). Drupal lead (and Acquia co-founder) Dries Buytaert and the fine people at Acquia along with their backers are now at the crossroads faced by every vendor who sells free software… How do they supply a return on their investment without recommitting the sins of their proprietary software brethren or alienatingDrupal - Open Source CMS the community that so far has driven their success.
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Drupal founder Dries Buytaert balances community and company interests
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In the year 2000, Dries Buytaert created Drupal, a freely licensed and open source tool to manage websites, as a bulletin board for his college dorm. Since Dries released the software and a community of thousands of volunteer developers have added and improved modules, Drupal has grown immensely popular.
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Drupal: From a Drop in the Ocean to a Big Fish in the CMS World
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Drupal’s founder, Dries Buytaert tells all about the Drupal project: its history, where it is today and where it is going.
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