Oct 2009

Drupal White House, Business as Usual

White House and Drupal

The news about WhiteHouse.gov switching to Drupal made the rounds.

Sure, Obama isn’t the first president to use open source: it was probably Clinton. Nor is this the first time Drupal takes the CMS spotlight of American politics, if there is such a thing: Dean ran his hugely innovative and relatively successful 2004 campaign on a Drupal site, four years ago. And it wasn’t news that the Obama likes Drupal either, change.gov was a Drupal site from its inception.

However, this remains an important announcement not because it’s news, but because it reaches well beyond the circle of Drupal or open source CMS aficionados. Sure, your sister may still not know what Drupal, a CMS or even open source are, but your next client might. Your pointy-haired boss will now lend you and ear when you start your pitch for a new intranet CMS with a headline like this.

It’s not really news, but great news.

This entry was written by Gabriel Radic, posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:51, filed under Blog. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

2 Comments

  1. Ed
    Posted July 9, 2010 at 21:18 | Permalink

    Gabriel,

    Sooooooooooooo…. where’s the “kick ass” Acidfree Albums on this site? Do they rest in peace? Hehe…thought so.

  2. Gabriel Radic
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 10:42 | Permalink

    Ed, not sure what you mean with Acidfree. What’s the connection with the White House site?

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