This week Dries Buytaert, our Drupal project lead, was named one of the Most Influential People In Open Source. Dries was named specifically for his leadership to the Drupal project.

Dries Buytaert created Drupal in 2001 and has led the software project ever since. He has guided it through rapid growth and to widespread acclaim. Dries is able to motivate the burgeoning community of users and developers by communicating ‘the big picture’ while paying careful and measured attention to the technical details essential to good software development. These two factors have been crucial to Drupal’s popularity and success to date.

Please congratulate Dries on this well deserved recognition for his leadership and contributions to the Drupal project.