Posted on February 27, 2008 - 9:08am by Jeff Whatcott.
John Willis recently published a post that equates social publishing with social networking. While the post is pretty good, and I agree with most of the points, I need to correct the bit about the definition of social publishing. It’s way more than social networking. Let me explain.
Social publishing is a blend of three categories:
1) web content management
2) social software (blogs, wikis, social networking platforms, forums, etc.)
3) web app frameworks Read full article »
Posted on February 25, 2008 - 1:00am by Robert Douglass.
From the first days of my involvement with Drupal I have looked to Dries Buytaert with deep respect and affection. His guidance of the Drupal project and the Drupal Association have been impeccable, and every opportunity I have had to work with him has been positive and productive. Therefore, when I told him that I was changing jobs, and he asked if I would like to join Acquia, I was pretty darn happy and excited. Read full article »
Hello, my name is Douglas Hubler and I'm a new hire at Aquia, official title: Propellerhead.
Jay Batson found me wandering the open source streets holding a sign reading "Will code for karma points". Six months prior I was project leader for an open source, VoIP management system. I was employed at the time for Pingtel and that's where I met Jay. I eventually left the project in the hands of someone much more capable than myself. I then killed time consulting secretly pining for my next OSS adventure. Read full article »
Posted on February 15, 2008 - 5:27pm by Gábor Hojtsy.
Early in 2007, I was discussing the possibility of being the Drupal 6 maintainer with Dries. Dries was just collecting candidates at that time and it was not for some months after work on Drupal 6 started, that he selected me as a maintainer. Through the discussions, we reiterated the point multiple times, that core maintainership requires a significant dedication and time from the maintainer. I never thought I will be able to work this much on Drupal 6 though. Read full article »
Posted on February 8, 2008 - 9:43am by Dries Buytaert.
Jeff Whatcott, Acquia's VP of marketing, wrote an interesting blog post about the term content management system, Microsoft SharePoint 2007, and Drupal's opportunity to be the poster child for the social software market space. Read full article »
Posted on January 31, 2008 - 2:26am by Jeff Whatcott.
Sandro Groganz has an interesting post where he attempts to calculate the value of the MySQL brand as a component of the acquisition price Sun paid. Here's the punch line: "As of today, a whopping 85% of MySQL’s economic value added can be attributed to its strong Open Source brand." I haven't checked Sandro's math in detail, but it's clear that brand is a huge component of the value of MySQL." Read full article »
Posted on January 21, 2008 - 9:33pm by Jeff Whatcott.
Drupalcon Boston 2008 preparations are reaching a fever pitch. Session slots are starting to fill, sponsors are signing up, registrations are streaming in. But we need more - lots more. So if you haven’t submitted your session, purchased your sponsorship, or paid your registration, stop reading now and get over the drupalcon.org and get it done. Read full article »
