Originally written by Dries Buytaert as a message board, Drupal became an open source project in 2001.[6] Drupal is an English rendering of the Dutch word “druppel”, which means “drop” (as in “a water droplet”).[7] The name was taken from the now-defunct Drop.org website, whose code slowly evolved into Drupal. Buytaert wanted to call the site “dorp” (Dutch for “village”, referring to its community aspects), but made a typo when checking the domain name and thought it sounded better.[6]
From May 2007 to April 2008, Drupal was downloaded from the Drupal.org website more than 1.4 million times, an increase of approximately 125% from the previous year.[8][9] A large community now helps develop Drupal.[10]
Drupal's popularity is growing rapidly. Over 70 well-known brand names and not-for-profit organizations now use Drupal. [11]
As of February 2009, Drupal 6.10 is the latest release.[12] Drupal is a winner of several Packt Open Source CMS Awards.[13]
Notes
- ^ a b Drupal's Official History page
- ^ Translation of Druppel (Dutch) to English
- ^ "Drupal Download Statistics (2008)," http://buytaert.net/drupal-download-statistics-2008
- ^ "Drupal Download Statistics (2007)," http://buytaert.net/tag/statistics
- ^ Growth Graphs
- ^ Who is Using Drupal
- ^ Drupal.com's download page
- ^ http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners
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