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Dries Buytaert Open Source Rock Star/Entrepreneur?

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Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 6, 2008

“In the world of technology we’re always looking for the latest
‘rock star’. Who is that next hot tech visionary that will build an
adoring following of thousands?

“In my opinion we can now add the founder of the open source
content management system Drupal (and its commercial startup
Acquia) Dries Buytaert to the rock star list. This week he launched
Acquia with $7 million in funding. He also hosted a Drupal lovefest
(DrupalCon Boston) which boasted over 800 attendees…”


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