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How governments can help sustain Open Source

Yesterday I wrote about why software funded with tax dollars should be Open Source. Based on the feedback in email and social media, lots of people seem to agree.

Friday, September 18, 2020 - 12:34

Building software to be proud of

I'm on vacation this week, and was catching up on my RSS feed.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 09:43

Building software to be proud of

I'm on vacation this week, and was catching up on my RSS feed.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 09:43

State of Drupal presentation (July 2020)

Last week, Drupalists from around the world gathered for DrupalCon Global. This DrupalCon was the first ever virtual event of this scale for the Drupal community.

Monday, July 20, 2020 - 12:38

State of Drupal presentation (July 2020)

Last week, Drupalists from around the world gathered for DrupalCon Global. This DrupalCon was the first ever virtual event of this scale for the Drupal community.

Monday, July 20, 2020 - 12:38

Drupal 10 target release date and Drupal 9 end-of-life

We are targeting to release Drupal 10 around June 2022. That is less than two years from today!

Why so fast, you ask?

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 13:17

The first ever virtual DrupalCon

I remember the first gathering of Drupal contributors back in 2005. At the time, there were less than 50 people in attendance. In the 15 years since that first gathering, DrupalCon has become the heartbeat of the Drupal community.

Friday, July 10, 2020 - 14:21

Caring for old software

Given the impact of COVID-19 on organizations' budgets, we extended Drupal 7's end-of-life date by one year. Drupal 7 will receive security updates until November 2022, instead of November 2021.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 07:22

Drupal 9.0.0 released

Today, we released Drupal 9.0.0! This is a big milestone because we have been working on Drupal 9 for almost five years.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 20:12

We raised $500,000!

I'm excited to announce that the Drupal Association has reached its 60-day fundraising goal of $500,000.

Monday, May 11, 2020 - 20:00

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