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Acquia on Why Web Publishers Love DrupalâAnd How the Startup Balances Business
With Belonging to an Open-Source Community

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| You might think that Acquia is to Drupal as Red Hat is to Linux, but that 
| analogy doesnât quite work. For one thing, Red Hat charges for its version of 
| Linux, while all versions of Drupal, including Acquiaâs, are free. Imagine 
| that Linus Torvalds wasnât merely the gatekeeper for the Linux kernel but 
| also chief technology officer at a company aiming to be the central source 
| for Linux support; thatâs the somewhat precarious position Dries Buytaert, 
| and therefore Acquia, occupies. So the company has to be extra careful not to 
| make changes that might alienate the thousands of volunteer Drupal 
| developers. âIn every major action, we talk about how do we make sure the 
| community stays together,â says Erickson. âBut Dries and Drupal are so tied 
| at the heart, itâs in Driesâs DNA for that to happen.â          
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http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/20/acquia-on-why-web-publishers-love-drupal-and-how-the-startup-balances-business-with-belonging-to-an-open-source-community/

Drupal gains ground down under

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| Computerworld speaks with Drupal's lead developer and several Drupal shops 
| about the open source CMS used in a growing number of organisations around 
| the world, including the Prime Ministerâs office.  
| 
| [...]
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| âIt is a great time for open source technologies and Drupal is thriving in 
| this environment.â There are now more than 400,000 Drupal sites around the 
| world, and drupal.org has a million unique visitors per month.  
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/316068/drupal_gains_ground_down_under?rid=-219

How open source levels all software market segments

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| In a new study on open-source adoption in the business intelligence (BI) 
| market, it's becoming clear that both the benefits and shortcomings of open 
| source software are nearly universal across all technology segments.  
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10318035-62.html


Recent:

Drupal 7 Targets the Enterprise

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| Fresh off a new round of financing, open source content management (CMS)
| vendor Acquia is putting its new funds to work in taking the Drupal open
| source CMS to new heights in the enterprise.
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http://www.internetnews.com/webcontent/article.php/3834091


Drupal creator's startup, other firm, seek lead roles in open source

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| Acquia Inc. has closed $8 million in new financing â a story first reported
| on www.masshightech.com earlier this week, bringing to $15 million the total
| in funds raised by the company founded by Drupal creator Dries Buytaert.
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http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/07/20/weekly4-Drupal-creators-startup-other-firm-seek-lead-roles-in-open-source.html


Acquia Gets $8 Million in Second Round Financing

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| According to this report, existing investors Sigma Partners and North Bridge
| Partners participated in the second round financing for Acquia, but not
| O'Reilly Alphatech Ventures, which was one of the first round investors.
| Acquia has a new CEO, Tom Erickson, who joined the company in March.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/acquia-gets-8-million-in-second-round-financing


Acquia Search screencast with RedMonk

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| In this screencast, Bryan House from Acquia discusses Acquia Search with
| Michael Cotà from RedMonk.
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http://buytaert.net/acquia-search-screencast-with-redmonk


Acquia Search available commercially

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| It's a big day for us at Acquia. We finally took the beta-wraps off of Acquia
| Search, and made it available commercially as part of the Acquia Network.
| Thanks to the 250+ beta testers who helped make our hosted search service fit
| for use in production environments, including Brightcove, JackBe Developer
| Community, P-O-P Design, Wide Divots and others.
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http://buytaert.net/acquia-search-available-commercially
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