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TEN7 Blog’s Drupal Posts: Episode 050: Dries Buytaert

In this our 50th episode, Ivan is joined by Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, an open source software developer, a startup founder, technology executive, father, world traveler and photographer. Here’s what we’re discussing in this podcast: Dries’ life and career; The creation and emergence of Drupal; Growing up in Antwerp; Living in Boston; Shared love for tennis; Yet another flying start with the Commodore 64; The power of copy/paste; Writing code for his father’s medical practice; Wonka Vm, Linux and Java; Juggling multiple careers particularly fatherhood; DrupalCons; The MTV saga; TEN7’s decision to go Drupal; The move from Belgium to Boston; Circumventing the globe; Benevolent Dictators for Life; Creating thousands of roles out of one; Drupal’s Values and Principles; Drupal as a force for good in the world; Drupal’s future and Dries’ role moving ahead