As noted previously Drupal had a little trouble, and the community rallied around: individuals to the tune of over $10,000 and my employer with a server. So, I note that to build out their infrastructure, Drupal is going to use the community donations to buy Dell boxes. Um, let’s see here; IBM and Sun invest in Open Source, big-time. HP’s there too. Dell… uh, Dell? Ecosystem? Community? There’s something wrong with this picture.
Tim’s not saying that Drupal owes Sun anything, to be clear. I’m a little puzzled by this as well. If I had donated, I would be asking some questions of the Drupal decision-makers. Dell may offer a compelling price/performance solution: do the others not compete as well because of their self-imposed community obligations?
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Hi there, just wanted to drop you a note about this. Tim has already updated his blog to point to Scott Kveton’s post about this. Us Drupal guys are software geeks, not hardware geeks, and we’re depending on the Open Source Labs to put together the best systems for us.
Hope that helps — there are a few other people that have weighed in with comments. We’re trying to do what’s best for the long term health and growth of the community, and this is what seems to make sense for now.
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