"No Vendor Lockin" and The drupalshop ecosystem

liorkesos — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:39:57 +0000

One of the most appealing things to customers about open-source at large and drupal in particular is the "no vender lockin" argument.
This is thrown around by us as a drupal shop very often but I'd like to brainstorm and share "war stories" about how drupal projects "move" and change hands throughout the "drupalshop ecosystem" and why they move that way.
I think it's crucial to communicate how by applying best practices we can truly liberate our customers and give true substance to the "No vendor Lockin" cliche.

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Speaker bio:

Lior Kesos is the CEO of Linnovate, co-founder of drupal.org.il and an experienced "geek-herd". He is getting better doing the crazy juggling act between drupal (for fun and profit), running a company, wife and three kids. Linnovate is a recognized leader in the drupal ecosystem in Israel and trains, consults and build great projects in Israel and out.

Co presenters:

davidstrauss

eaton

ericgundersen

bhouse

Foreign Affairs case study

gdemet — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:18:41 +0000

Foreign Affairs is the journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, a non-partisan member organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas. Since its inception in 1922, articles and essays published in Foreign Affairs have helped shape political debate and policy on some of the most important issues of the day. Authors who have written for the journal have included influential intellectuals and political leaders ranging from W.E.B. DuBois to Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton.

This session will explore how the new Foreign Affairs Web site, which was developed by Palantir.net and launched in March 2009, showcases Drupal’s wide variety of capabilities. In addition to leveraging existing modules, the site features a significant amount of new functionality developed for the site and contributed back to the Drupal community.

Speaker bio:

George DeMet is the founder and co-owner of Chicago-based Web development firm <a href="http://www.palantir.net/">Palantir.net</a>, Inc. Working in collaboration with a variety of creative partners, he has managed the development of visually and functionally sophisticated Drupal sites for a variety of high-profile corporate, educational, and institutional clients.

Co presenters:

mbutcher

agentrickard

DrupalConParis2009 - casestudy

"No Vendor Lockin" and The drupalshop ecosystem

Foreign Affairs case study