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Drupal Gets Non-Profit Backing
DrupalAssociation writes "Drupal, the popular and widely used CMS, now has the backing of a non-profit association. Having grown in size and scope for the last six years, the Drupal software project needs more structured support with infrastructure, marketing and funding. The Drupal Association will help with these needs but will not be directly involved with Drupal software development. Donations are now being solicited. Plans for Corporate and individual membership are being drawn and will be announced at a later time. Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal and the President of the Association, announced the Association on Drupal.org today."
Laffo. Spoken like a true computing neophyte. Just because it runs now doesn't mean its good. Upgrades are frequently needed for functionality and security -- sweeping API changes, module incompatibility, poor documentation, the absolute disregard for the separation of data and code..
Drupal "thrives" for two reasons, it earns money for drupal contributors as consultants who are blind to its faults, and the overall ignorance of customers who think Drupal is a good CMS. When Drupal is no more and you've got a decade of customizing and maintaining spaghetti PHP code under your belt good luck finding a real job.
And if you say you run your own web site consulting company selling Drupal "solutions" then yes, you do already have a real job. Full time Con-man.