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[edit]advanced users : DEVELOPMENT STATUS : production
LICENSE : gnu general public license (gpl)
OPERATING SYSTEM : Mac OS X
Windows : GNU/Linux : PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE : PHP
USER INTERFACE : web-based
DATABASE : sql-based
LATEST STABLE VERSION : 6.6
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8 Resources for the Mighty Drupal Content Management System
Undoubtedly, the open source project Drupal is one of the most robust content management systems (CMS) around. It provides the infrastructure and manages processes for many well-known web sites, including The Onion, Fast Company, InfoWorld and OStatic. We've had a great experience with it, and many large media companies are migrating to it and saving money. In our interview with Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal, he described the core contributors to the project as on the "same scale as the Linux kernel." There are also over 2,000 modules for Drupal, making it hugely extensible.
Since OStatic's inception, we've collected many good resources for both getting started with Drupal, and extending its functionality if you already use it. Here is our latest update to that ongoing collection--eight great resources, including interviews with Drupal insiders.
Acquia, Supporting the Drupal CMS, Adds 200 New Customers
We've reported a number of times before on Acquia, which offers a commercially supported version of the open source Drupal content management system. OStatic runs on Drupal, and Drupal version 6 is expected to soon run over 240,000 web sites, with many large media companies switching to it.
In a post just yesterday, we discussed the proven business model of support and services for open source software that Red Hat has built, and how Acquia, Cloudera, Eucalyptus Systems, and other commercial open source companies are pursuing the same model. Until now, though, even though the company has gotten healthy venture capital funding, it hasn't been easy to tell how privately held Acquia is doing. Here are some new details.
Acquia Gets $8 Million in Second Round Financing
We've written about Acquia a number of times. Co-founded by Dries Buytaert, the founder of the Drupal content management system (which OStatic is based on), Acquia provides commercial support and services for Drupal. Now, the company has received an $8 million second round of venture financing from two of three of its existing investors, according to regulatory documents posted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. With Drupal growing like wildfire, and becoming especially popular with publishers seeking more economical content management, Acquia's total of $15 million of venture funding has it well positioned for growth.
How are the search facets implemented in OStatic?
Was it a module in Drupal or some custom development or some other app that you integrated in order to facilitate the facets for the search results?
I just love the way you guys have gone about doing this. Its a great way to slice & dice large amounts of data - something that none of the other directory structures or tagging/taxonomy don't allow you to do.
I was curious if you'll be sharing this code as a drupal module??? :)
IT Service companies focused mainly on OSS?
We're looking for companies that specifically customize and implement some of the larger OSS packages (SugarCRM, Intalio, Drupal, JasperSoft, etc.) specifically for SMEs (Revenues: $50-500M).
In addition to implementing solutions, we're also looking for companies that can build simple web apps on the LAMP stack.
Ideally looking for smaller (hands-on) companies that specialize in OSS rather than a large outfit that does everything.
OStatic comments: id of commenter
I just left a comment. In order to avoid being anon, I had to sign in to OStatic. Once I did that, the comment links to my OStatic profile. Although this makes sense, I'd prefer:
- to be able to use an OpenID
- that if I do use an OStatic account, my comments link to the website I specify in that profile (changingway.org, my blog) rather than to my OStatic profile.
I'm sure that it's possible to tell Drupal to do these things. So I hereby request that OStatic admin do so.
Thank you,
Andrew
Just Curious, Can you change the license on an OSS project?
Is there any kind of provision to change the OSS license on a particular project. For example, can Drupal (now that its raised capital) change its license to a "closed source"/proprietary license? Just curious on the legalities of the license...
Looking for hosting services for specific OSS apps.
I'm looking for hosting services that pre-packaged & support the following apps:
- Mediawiki
- Drupal
- Joomla
- Alfresco
- Mambo
We're looking at providing our clients with a complete pre-packaged CMS solution (development + consulting + hosting) and am looking for the best possible alternatives out there...
Ideally, it would makes our lives much simpler if there is a single service provider that can provision servers with the above mentioned apps
