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Hiveminds - posted on:Fri, 2008-02-15 09:07

Drupal.org is the official website of Drupal, an open source content management platform.Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. Drupal is a prize winning CMS software project that has the support of many businesses including one owned and driven by the projects creator.

Drupal är en innehållehanterings system byggd på PHP. Detta är känd för sin flexibilitet och skalbarhet. Drupal.se är den ike officialla domain name för Drupal CMS i sverige.

Community members:

  • 200 000 users on Drupal.org, 300 new users a day.
  • 1600 users listed as service providers.

Communications:

  • 375 000 discussion threads: forums, mailing lists, groups, etc.
  • General discussions have a 5 to 1 response rate. Support discussions have a 4 to 1 response rate. Development discussions have a 10 to 1 response rate.
  • 2800 Book pages of high quality knowledge shared.
  • 4 IRC channels with hundreds of members discussing Drupal. (Not funded by the Drupal association)

Open source development:

  • Over 2400 Drupal modules and themes available for download.
  • 8800 unique individuals participating in technical issues and 1800 unique contributors posting code patches in the last 12 months.
  • 44 000 issues filed with 160 000 follow-ups, a 1:4 response rate in the last 12 months.
  • Rate of code check-ins to be determined.

Downloads:

  • Approaching 100 000 downloads a month of Drupal core.
  • 600 000 code check-outs/month (core and contributions).

Swedens Internet Usage and Penetration Stats

  • SE - 9,107,795 population - Country Area: 449,965 sq km
  • Capital city: Stockholm - population 1,269,094 ('07)
  • 6,981,200 Internet users as of Aug./07, 76.7% penetration, per ITU.
  • 2,478,003 broadband subscribers as of March/07, per ECTA

Sweden is a very prosperous country with a high penetration of internet usage and a growing demand for global websites.

Internet Usage Stats and Telecom Reports

  • Internet Usage Statistics:
    6,981,200 Internet users as of August/07, 76.7% of the population, according to the International Telecommunication Union - ITU.
  • Latest Population Estimate:
    9,107,795 population for 2007, according to World Gazetteer.
  • Gross National Income:
    GNI per capita is US$ 35,770 ('05) according to World Bank.
  • Country Size (Area):
    Sweden has 449,965 sq km - Population density is 21 persons per sq km.

More Internet Usage and Population Statistics:

YEAR Population Users % Pop Usage Source
2000 4,048,000 8,899,075 45.5 % ITU
2004 6,722,553 9,043,990 74.3 % Nielsen//NetRatings
2005 6,800,000 9,076,757 74.9 % ITU
2007 6,981,200 9,107,795 76.7 % ITU

This domain Drupal.se is for sale at a starting price of

25,000 euros

or the highest bid over €25,000. It is a highly sought after and has great potential as a commercial domain or pointer for gaining notice via searchengines or user curiousity. With the right marketing structure one can take advantage of the high internet traffic statistics for Sweden and the ever increasing popularity of Drupal to make profitable venture for many years to come.

Drupal .se till salu

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by chx on Thu, 2008-01-03 12:24

Drupal is a registered trademark of Dries Buytaert and if he disputes this domain name he wins and you lose 25K EUR. http://buytaert.net/

by Hiveminds on Thu, 2008-01-03 13:23

By swedish law as long as we are NOT using the name to promote a similar product or service there is no infringement or conflict. If Dries wants to protect his trademark in that manner then he is free to either purchase the domain or pursue legal action against all usages of the domain name WITHOUT exception.

The domain was also purchased under the nic.se guidelines of being a swedish resident in order to first qualify. This still remains policy though no longer enforced.

Now that the legalities are out of the way are there any bids?

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by Dismayed on Thu, 2008-01-03 14:08

Challenging Hiveminds over the sale of drupal.se would be a very very very stupid move, on a number of levels.

First of all, it's an open auction. Dries has an opportunity, like anyone else, to buy the drupal.se domain. If Dries chooses not to buy the domain, it's going to be very difficult to backtrack later.

Secondly it's very very stupid to run around penalising people for promoting Drupal and throwing vague threats at them. Especially at someone who has contributed so much to Drupal for over 3 years and who is a well respected member of the Drupal community.

Also, having a trademarks doesn't automatically mean you have the rights to associated domains legally and because drupal.se has been running since 2005 (according to whois.domaintools.com/drupal.se), if a challenge was made, the courts might wonder why a challenge is being made now, rather than in January 2005 when the site was setup and might conclude that Hiveminds deserves much more than €25k for 2 years work, promoting and nurturing the drupal community in Sweden.

Why not go after sites like www.rhinocerus.net that blatantly scrapes drupal.org and sells adverts on the back of Drupal content?

Dismayed

by Hiveminds on Thu, 2008-01-03 14:28

This correct. I will still promote Drupal under the domain Drupal.st. But Drupal.se is so language needful and only seems to fail everytime I try to get something going. Mostly because all in Sweden want to have control over the domain. So rather than continue on this merry-go-round I have decided to jump and hand it over to someone that is serious about drupal in Sweden.

I have talked to three parties and gotten advice on the domain. They all felt that a company with the resources to run a proper OS community should take over. Hence the price. I do not fully expect a private person to make this purchase my hope is that a middle sized swedish company will see the potential in Drupal and take over the domain and create a community that will further spread the word.

After all Drupal has gotten two great jobs and much consultation work I want to see it grow.

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