2009 DrupalCon Paris: The State of Drupal

Keynote: State of Drupal

Dries Buytaert
SESSION: http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/state-drupal
SLIDES: ??
VIDEO: http://www.archive.org/details/TheStateofDrupal

• D7 Code Freeze?
  • The cycle of development
  • Short term benefits vs long term benefits of innovation
  • “We are normal” for drupal code cycle
• Gartner hype cycle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
  • Innovation trigger
  • Positive hype
  • Peak of inflated expectations
  • Negative hype
  • Disillusionment
  • Slope of enlightenment
  • Plateau of productivity
• When to freeze code
  • D6 and D7 have to be in a “happy place”
  • D7 must be in “peak of inflated expectations”
  • D6 must be in “plateau of productivity”
  • List of new d7 features
    • Big awesome list!
      • Field API (CCK)
    • Time line of preparing to freeze D7 code
• Backed by community who like to innovate
• Drupal “products”
  • Open Atrium - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
  • Drupal for Education - http://funnymonkey.com/drupaled-latest
• Moving from linear growth to exponential growth
• Drupal as a framework or a product?
  • Both!
• Have innovation driven development
  • Must shift to market driven development
• “If you are not afraid, you probably are not doing the right thing.”
• To achieve goals
  • richness + reach = success
    • WordPress has reach