Why Use Open Source? Shelly Roche reports in from DrupalCon 2009 on Open Source & the Free Market

http://bytestyle.tv: Shelly Roche recaps her first DrupalCon in DC… drupal is an open source content management system, which basically means it’s free, it can pretty much do anything you need it to — from blogging to news, to video — and it has a huge community of uber-devoted developers who are constantly making it better.

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more from Shelly here:
http://bytestyle.tv
http://breakthematrix.com (btm uses drupal!)
http://bureaucrash.com

Drupal Links:
http://drupal.org
http://developmentseed.com
http://lullabot
http://treehouseagency.com
http://acquia.com
http://commonplaces.com

Other Resources:
http://www.opensource.org/
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

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25 Responses to “Why Use Open Source? Shelly Roche reports in from DrupalCon 2009 on Open Source & the Free Market”

  1. JSaynt Says:

    Hot and geeky?! …
    Hot and geeky?! I’m in love…

  2. cds162 Says:

    did she just say …
    did she just say roBUST?

  3. mofukra Says:

    Please stop being …
    Please stop being hot, it’s killing me

  4. superpencil007 Says:

    I tried Drupal… …
    I tried Drupal… it was aweful,
    sorry… it just sucks.

  5. okwichu Says:

    @Fordi: care to …
    @Fordi: care to elaborate? It’s easy to throw insults around, but it’s not helpful unless you are willing to share some insight that might be instructive to the rest of us.

  6. Fordi Says:

    Sorry, but as a …
    Sorry, but as a developer, I’ve gotta tell you: Drupal is terribly written. There are much better OSS CMS systems out there.

  7. ArmitageX Says:

    I disagree westkan. …
    I disagree westkan. Proprietary software (like Windows) is often more insecure. Bad people find bugs and either pass them around and exploit them, or try to tell the companies who never listen. Open Source software’s code is there for everyone to inspect. Some countries even use Open Source voting machines which I’d trust more than Die bold.

  8. AwakePublius420 Says:

    I’m running ubuntu …
    I’m running ubuntu 9.04 and have been for some time; got to love open source.

  9. A31Chris Says:

    Open source is ok …
    Open source is ok for tinkering with. The problem with open source (aka FireFox) is that every ding dong and their brother who thinks the can code is screwing with its innards, so it becomes bloated, with memory leaks etc. Did I mention FireFox?

  10. rodnjac1 Says:

    I’m in love with …
    I’m in love with Shelly!

  11. westkan Says:

    I’m all for “open …
    I’m all for “open source” software. BUT the secuirity of my nation, and the privacy of her citizens demands proprietary software that the government retains full and complete ownership of. With severe penalties for anyone convicted of attempting to crack the software code

  12. CrikeySpiders Says:

    American culture …
    American culture has fried the American brains!

  13. theaggravator Says:

    TV has chicken …
    TV has chicken fried your brain kid

  14. CrikeySpiders Says:

    I did…I asked …
    I did…I asked Shelly because she sounds as though she knows what she’s talking about.

  15. kevstir Says:

    Thank you, Shelly! …
    Thank you, Shelly! God bless.

  16. theaggravator Says:

    To bad there ain’t …
    To bad there ain’t any in this video – but there is one is sucking my thick wanker right now!

  17. theaggravator Says:

    Open Source – …
    Open Source – because the unchecked code of mostly undereducated and stupid people leads to more trouble than it’s worth – especially with Drupal – it’s old and busted and really sucks!

  18. theaggravator Says:

    I recommend you ask …
    I recommend you ask some one who actually know something about what your talking about AND you get a life, little boy.

  19. theaggravator Says:

    Go to your …
    Go to your stained room little boy

  20. theaggravator Says:

    Security – no back …
    Security – no back doors – stable? LOL! Your stupid bud!

  21. theaggravator Says:

    Drupal sucks camel …
    Drupal sucks camel shit

  22. mothore Says:

    Does she really …
    Does she really assume that Britney Spears cares if her blog’s framework was built with Drupal or not?

  23. redcommand85 Says:

    are you all patched …
    are you all patched up and everything, cuz that rig should crush cod4…

  24. JonasFrimodt Says:

    There is something …
    There is something incredibly sexy about intelligent women.

  25. CrikeySpiders Says:

    Is she on something …
    Is she on something? She sounds as though she’s about to breakout into laughter at any moment. Perhaps she was plied with booze at the conference. Some people will go anywhere for a free drink!

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