White House Website Switches To Open Source

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 25, 2009 @01:27AM from the what-world-is-this dept.

Falc0n writes "WhiteHouse.gov has gone Drupal. After months of planning, says an Obama Administration source, the White House has ditched the proprietary content management system that had been in place since the days of the Bush Administration in favor of the latest version of the open-source Drupal software. Dries Buytaert reflected on this, adding: 'this is a clear sign that governments realize that Open Source does not pose additional risks compared to proprietary software, and furthermore, that by moving away from proprietary software, they are not being locked into a particular technology, and that they can benefit from the innovation that is the result of thousands of developers collaborating on Drupal.'"

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Oh, the Obamas are so cool now! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-25 02:05 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I just wish they'd pull through in their promises of being open as in transparent. I don't give a fuck what they do with their web site but what lobbyists are showing up for the meetings is important to me.

I guess it's hard to be openly honest when it will prove that you're a liar. Obama had the chance to change the way his office works from the ground up and fumbled the ball. Now we're getting the same old same old.