Today Acquia, the company I co-founded in 2007 with Dries Buytaert announced that a majority investment in the company had been acquired by Vista Equity Partners. This is a dramatic next step for the company and team, and I could not be more pleased. I have always wanted to build a cornerstone company: one that would lastContinue reading “Reflections on Acquia following investment by Vista Equity Partners”
Tag Archives: open source
Open source WCM vs. Interwoven
Ahhhh…. In the cycling world, when you catch up to a group riding ahead of you, and pass them with ease, you feel sooooo happy about the the fact that you’re strong enough to pass them. (Am I competitive? Nah… 😉 The same thing happens in tech, too. The latest example? When closed source vendors start toContinue reading “Open source WCM vs. Interwoven”
My next open source “want”
In the mid-1990’s I ran engineering at ON Technology. One of our most profitable products was MeetingMaker, an enterprise-grade calendaring system. It was a much loved – and equally despised – product among companies that (for whatever reason) weren’t running Microsoft Exchange but needed a “real” calendaring system to run their company. Faithful customers included Cisco,Continue reading “My next open source “want””
Gates from (not “to”) another generation
It’s amazing to me to see what Bill Gates continues to say (he believes) about open source. He talks about open source, but it isn’t open source as you and I would know (/love) it. All I can conclude is either: He has lived his whole career with one business model, and he’s just stuck in thatContinue reading “Gates from (not “to”) another generation”
Assisting Drupal Community Growth
Both Dries and I have agreed on one key thing with each other since our first conversations about Acquia: 18 months after we start our business, we truly hope the community at large thinks Acquia has been a great thing for the Drupal project. Issues presented by Drupal’s expansion One of the challenges the DrupalContinue reading “Assisting Drupal Community Growth”
