Dries Buytaert

Open Source

So far I have spent my entire professional career in Open Source, and believe it to be a superior in many ways. Over the past twenty years, I've seen Open Source expand from being a software license to an innovation model and a business model disruptor. I've dedicated a lot of my time helping people and organizations understand the power of Open Source.

2024

• Solving the Maker-Taker problem Featured

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  October 2nd

2021

• PHP Foundation launched

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  November 22nd
• Section 230: repeal, reform or reprioritize?

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  March 25th
• The Free Software Foundation: it's time for a new beginning

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  March 24th
• The long-term, world-changing promise of the blockchain

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  January 4th

2020

• Defending the Open Web

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  December 21st
• How governments can help sustain Open Source

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  September 18th
• Public money, public code

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  September 17th
• Three trends driving today's "Flash Digital Transformation"

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  July 14th
• The power of Open Source in the fight against COVID-19 Featured

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  May 15th
• Shop local to fuel the Open Source dividend

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  April 21st
• Is Open Source recession-proof? Featured

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  March 19th

2019

• Balancing Makers and Takers to scale and sustain Open Source Featured

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  September 19th
• Commercial sponsorship and Open Source sustainability

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  June 10th
• Acquia acquires Mautic to create the Open Digital Experience Platform

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  May 8th
• The Open Web can still win Featured

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  March 12th
• Tidelift raises $25 million series B

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  January 7th

2018

• My thoughts on IBM buying Red Hat for $34 billion Featured

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  October 28th
• A breakout year for Open Source businesses

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  October 12th
• From a world wide web to a personal web

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  October 8th
• Google ceding control of AMP

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  September 18th
• Who sponsors Drupal development? (2017-2018 edition)

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  September 11th
• Why large organizations are choosing to contribute to Drupal Featured

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  July 3rd
• How Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub impacts the cloud wars

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  June 4th
• The letter that released the World Wide Web technology into the public domain

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  May 2nd
• That "passion + learning + contribution + relationships" feeling

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  March 11th
• Build and operate your own CDN

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  February 22nd

2017

• Who sponsors Drupal development? (2016-2017 edition)

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  September 13th
• Sharing innovation with your competitors

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  February 9th

2016

• How to move an entire government to a new digital platform

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  December 29th
• Who sponsors Drupal development? (2015-2016 edition)

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  September 6th
• The long path to being understood Featured

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  June 21st
• Investing in Open Source startups

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  June 10th
• Demandware acquisition heats up the customer experience market

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  June 2nd
• Can we save the Open Web?

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  March 16th

2015

• Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them? Featured

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  December 4th
• Loosen control the Open Source way Featured

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  November 18th
• The coming era of data and software transparency Featured

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  October 6th
• Giving back and making money Featured

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  August 31st

2014

• Scaling Open Source communities Featured

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  September 30th
• Open Source and social capital Featured

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  August 26th
• The business behind Open Source Featured

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  July 24th
• A method for giving credit to organizations that contribute code to Open Source

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  June 4th

2013

• To start an Open Source project or not?

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  October 7th
• Open Source code: by the people, for the people

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  September 3rd
• Passive income and Open Source

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  June 14th

2011

• Hopes and beliefs for Open Source web projects Featured

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  April 21st

2010

• The commercialization of a volunteer-driven Open Source project Featured

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  October 25th
• Clickability FUD on Open Source versus SaaS

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  June 17th
• The history of MySQL AB

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  March 8th

2009

• Where Open Source, Open Data and government meet

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  May 6th

2008

• Money versus time in Open Source

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  May 6th