drupal

I think this is a good thing.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/ and the new Executive blogs are running on the same open-source software that Partizane is built with.  Drupal is incredible software that can run a small site or a huge corporation.   This post is mostly off topic but it's my blog.

I especially like the administration supporting the open-source movement and the coders who contribute to the development of great software.  Locked down, privately developed and controlled software is the stuff of another age.  Yes, it will always be needed for specialized and secure applications which manage your laptop, but the heart of the Internet and Internet resident devices is a big heart because of open-source software.

My new Droid smart phone I get on Friday is built on linux with an open-source operating system called Android.  Google is behind it and drives it but it is open-source.  Meaning I can run any software I want on my phone.  If I don't like the supplied Google Navigation System (full turn by turn verbal GPS) I can get another if someone writes one.