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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