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A Chat About Open Source with the Founders of Drupal and WordPress

On October 7 at SchipulCon 2011 in Houston, Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress, and Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal, shared the stage for a fascinating question and answer session about their CMS platforms, their ecosystems, and open source in general.

Both founders are passionate about their software, passionate about their communities, and passionate about open source — not just as a way to write software, but as a way of life. In this honest exchange, Matt and Dries reveal the different origins and philosophies behind Drupal and WordPress that influence their strengths and weaknesses, and the two innovators explain how the platforms complement each other.

Problems with microphones mar the first four minutes of audio; the other fifty minutes are fine. Transcripts of a few of their answers are on the Schipul blog.