WhiteHouse.gov Goes Open-Source with Drupal

In case you haven’t been to the White House’s website lately (the .gov one, naughty reader), you’ll notice that it’s received quite a facelift. President Obama’s web team dumped the old proprietary content management system and switched to popular open-source CMS software Drupal. Nifty.

Drupal proponents have long tried to make the case that open-source software could be just as safe, just as stable, and and just as reliable as pre-boxed software, even if hundreds, thousands, or even millions of volunteer developers had their fingers in the mix at some point along the way. The White House's seal of approval doesn't hurt.

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