Comments on: An Open Source Web Development Story - Part 2 http://talkingtech.net/2006/08/03/an-open-source-web-development-story-part-2/ life and technology on the north coast of california Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Matt Koglin http://talkingtech.net/2006/08/03/an-open-source-web-development-story-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8710 Matt Koglin Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:16:10 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=128#comment-8710 Oops, I left out the key detail! When Dries released the software powering his personal website, he chose the Dutch word for 'drop' as its title: Drupal. All of this is from the <a href="http://drupal.org/node/769" rel="nofollow">Drupal History</a> page in the <a href="http://www.drupal.org/handbook" rel="nofollow">Drupal Handbook</a>. Oops, I left out the key detail! When Dries released the software powering his personal website, he chose the Dutch word for ‘drop’ as its title: Drupal.

All of this is from the Drupal History page in the Drupal Handbook.

]]> By: Bob http://talkingtech.net/2006/08/03/an-open-source-web-development-story-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8692 Bob Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:38:45 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=128#comment-8692 Thanks for the story. But how did they get from drop.org to drupal.org? Thanks for the story. But how did they get from drop.org to drupal.org?

]]> By: Matt Koglin http://talkingtech.net/2006/08/03/an-open-source-web-development-story-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8690 Matt Koglin Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:20:56 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=128#comment-8690 Here's the story to satisfy your curiosity about the origins of the name Drupal: <blockquote>The software did not have a name until the day after Dries moved out after graduation. The group decided to put the internal website online so that they could stay in touch, continue to share interesting findings, and narrate snippets of their personal lives. While looking for an appropriate domain name, Dries settled for 'drop.org' after he made a typo to see if the the name 'dorp.org' was still available. Dorp is the Dutch word for 'village', which was considered an appropriate name for the small community.</blockquote> Here’s the story to satisfy your curiosity about the origins of the name Drupal:

The software did not have a name until the day after Dries moved out after graduation. The group decided to put the internal website online so that they could stay in touch, continue to share interesting findings, and narrate snippets of their personal lives. While looking for an appropriate domain name, Dries settled for ‘drop.org’ after he made a typo to see if the the name ‘dorp.org’ was still available. Dorp is the Dutch word for ‘village’, which was considered an appropriate name for the small community.

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