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Drupal Association Launched
The long awaited Drupal Association (that's the Belgian version of a foundation) has finally been launched.
From the announcement :
On January 15, 2001, Dries Buytaert started a new hobby - he created the content management system that became known as Drupal. Six years of phenomenal growth have followed. The Drupal project has evolved from a part-time interest for a handful of students to one of the most thriving and productive open source software projects in the world.
Drupal has been a community effort since its earliest days - and a wildly successful one. The project's the size and scope are now getting beyond what an ad hoc group of volunteers can realistically manage. In response, the Drupal Association has been called into existence. Its purpose is to support the vibrant Drupal community and help provide what it needs to continue to grow and flourish in the future.
Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) that is very close to my heart. When I first started using it back in 2004 it was a bit of a love/hate relationship until I had that "Aha!" moment that comes to every Drupalhead after he discovers admin/access and the page.tpl.php file.
So as soon as I figure out how to change my country in PayPal, I'll be off to donate to the Drupal Association. It's definately money well spent.
While the Association is currently not accepting donations for specific development tasks, I hope it is something they have planned for the near future. Being able to organise bounties or set aside funds for particular features/modules is something that is urgently needed. An efficient and transparent method of matching developers to people who are willing to pay is badly needed. I'm not saying that the Association should fund these requests - rather they should be able to manage the process of matching people who want with people who need.
hmm... Joomla is still better...
In a previous century, I wrote content-management systems. They smell bad.
The point of a CMS is to treat the user like an idiot. It's usually pretty difficult for the user to add any new features, and the scripting languages are usually brain damaged. Adding dynamic content to a site usually breaks all caching.
Just when you become familiar with the system, a new version is released which screws up all your current code.
I'm bitter. I admit it.
Nigel, I think you may actually like Drupal. It has often been scandalised for being the "developers CMS" rather than something aimed at ease-of-use out-of-the-box for end users or people new to it.
The code is highly structure (if you look at the documentation for core nearly every line is commented). It is almost all hook and API driven so you shouldn't have to modify core at all.
In fact, Drupal isn't just a CMS - it's more of an development framework.
Give it a spin @ http://www.drupal.org :)
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