Following Drupal's involvement in the Google Summer of Code program, Robert Douglass was interviewed by Liz Gannes of Red Herring magazine. The issue has just hit the news stands, and the article, "Google U", is a full page from the 48 page publication. In the section Winning Hearts, where Google's motivation for spending $2 million on open source is pondered, Drupal get's it's shining moment:

And that kind of money is a significant infusion for open source. It means an emerging project like Drupal, a content management platform run by Belgian students that mentored 10(sic) Summer of Code participants, can get the equivalent of “hiring a highly qualified developer for an entire year to work for us,” says Robert Douglass, an American developer in Germany who spearheaded Drupal’s involvement. “Fifty-thousand dollars earmarked for Drupal development—that’s really astounding.”

You can read the full article at RedHerring.com.

Thanks again to Robert (see his post) and the whole team of mentors (and students!) that were involved with the Google Summer of Code 2005 event.