走向 Drupal 的雜誌網站 - The Nation

techPresident.com 發表了一篇文章,《With a Hat Tip to WhiteHouse.gov, The Nation Goes Drupal》,報導美國的左/自由派雜誌 The Nation 採用 Drupal 作為網站系統。The Nation 的開發團隊是 Phase2 Technology,Phase2 也是 WhiteHouse.gov 的幕後黑手。

在 The Nation 自己的報導 《The Nation Goes Open Source》 裡,很清楚地說明,擁抱開放原始碼不僅是技術轉換,更是一種政治聲明。

Open source as a concept goes beyond software. Its political analogy, "open politics," reflects core values which The Nation has long advocated: government that is transparent, open and rooted in the public interest.

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And, beyond the practical and technological benefits, going open source was a political act for The Nation -- an embrace of transparency and community. We hope that others will choose it too.

更進一步來說,談到選擇 Drupal 的政治正確的原因:

The specific platform we're using for TheNation.com, Drupal, has a progressive lineage as well. Described as "Software to Power the Left" by new media thinker David Cohn, Drupal was the foundation for the groundbreaking "DeanSpace" online community in 2004, and has since been used and improved by dozens of leading progressive advocacy groups.

 

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