Dries Buytaert

Opinion

2022

My first web3 webpage Featured
February 24th

2021

The Free Software Foundation: it's time for a new beginning
March 24th
The road back to the office
February 26th

2020

Public money, public code
September 17th
Three trends driving today's "Flash Digital Transformation"
July 14th

2019

The web I want for my kids
July 22nd

2018

From a world wide web to a personal web
October 8th
How Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub impacts the cloud wars
June 4th

2016

How to move an entire government to a new digital platform
December 29th
Content and Commerce: a big opportunity for Drupal Featured
November 10th
Microsoft buys LinkedIn: the value of data
June 14th
Demandware acquisition heats up the customer experience market
June 2nd
Video: Can we save the open web?
April 25th
Can we save the Open Web?
March 16th
Should we prioritize technological advances?
February 15th
Fast tracking life-saving innovations Featured
January 25th

2015

Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them? Featured
December 4th
From B2C to B2One Featured
November 12th
The coming era of data and software transparency Featured
October 6th
Digital Distributors: The Supermarkets of the Web
September 4th
Digital Distributors vs Open Web: who will win?
August 25th
Winning back the Open Web Featured
June 23rd
The post-browser era of the web is coming Featured
June 9th
Content platform + user platform = BOOM!
March 31st
The Big Reverse of the Web Featured
March 10th
5 things a government can do to grow its startup ecosystem
February 24th
The future of software is data-driven
January 8th

2014

Business model innovation beats technical innovation Featured
December 1st
From content management to digital experience management Featured
January 15th
Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe's economy
January 2nd

2013

The Assembled Web
December 9th
I bought some Bitcoin and here is why
December 4th
To start an Open Source project or not?
October 7th
Open Source code: by the people, for the people
September 3rd
Can Europe copy Silicon Valley?
January 17th

2012

Microsoft's investment means Open Source is no longer a community, it is a movement
April 21st
Mollom 2011 retrospective
January 6th
Drupal 2011 retrospective and 2012 predictions
January 5th

2011

How I think about Drupal release date planning
June 14th
The Drupal mood cycle Featured
June 9th
The Gartner hype cycle and Drupal
June 8th
Drupal 2010 retrospective and 2011 predictions
January 3rd

2010

One Drupal to rule them all Featured
December 10th
Continuous services and connected devices
October 26th
The commercialization of a volunteer-driven Open Source project Featured
October 25th
Chrome Citizen Messenger Bag review
September 27th
Code freeze, module maintainers and veggies
September 9th
Clickability FUD on Open Source versus SaaS
June 17th
State of Drupal presentation (April 2010)
May 3rd
Drupal 2009 retrospective and 2010 predictions
January 4th

2009

On Microsoft's anti-Drupal ad
December 16th
8 steps for Drupal 8
November 16th
Drupal is a young adult
September 22nd
State of Drupal presentation (September 2009)
September 21st
CIOs are starting to take notice of Drupal
July 10th
State of Drupal presentation (March 2009)
March 13th
My predictions for 2009
January 1st

2008

The freemium business model: giving away pays Featured
November 13th
Drupal in the cloud
April 16th
State of Drupal presentation (March 2008)
March 12th

2007

My Drupal predictions for 2008
December 31st
State of Drupal presentation (September 2007)
December 28th
Gartner on pricing pressure
November 20th
Reaching out with Drupal 6
August 10th
NowPublic in De Standaard
August 6th
On hiring Drupal talent (2)
August 4th
On hiring Drupal talent
July 6th
Growing pains Featured
June 27th
DabbleDB = CCK + Views + 12 Duvels
June 18th
On being able to be the best Featured
June 11th
Streamlining processes
May 15th
PHP is dead ... long live PHP! Featured
May 8th
Drupal and eliminating middlemen Featured
April 11th
Twitter, Drupal and Jabber
March 21st
Suggestions for Drupal core
March 16th
Drupal learning curve Featured
March 10th

2006

SharePoint 2007
December 22nd
Mass Drupal hosting
December 14th
Scaling community support
December 7th
The future of the internet
November 30th
Long live the web services loophole
November 13th
Drupal distributions
October 30th
Recipe for success
August 24th
Responsible maintainers Featured
August 22nd
Free data (free as in open)
July 28th
The pain before the pay-off Featured
July 27th
Drupal sucks less
July 6th
Drupal loves the OSL
May 22nd
Backward compatibility Featured
May 17th
Commercial Drupal training
May 9th
Custom content types Featured
May 3rd
Complexity is a disease Featured
May 3rd
Roadmaps
May 3rd
Why PHP (and not Java)? Featured
April 28th
Traditional media to embrace citizen journalism?
April 24th
Content is NOT king
January 31st
Drupal mentors needed Featured
January 23rd
The Ockham's Razor Principle of Content Management Systems
January 11th

2005

My Drupal predictions for 2006
December 31st