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Dries Buytaert

1978 - Today

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Dries Buytaert (born 19 November 1978) is a Belgian open-source software programmer. He is the founder and lead developer of the Drupal content management system. He also serves as the CTO of Acquia. As a long-time advocate for the open web, Buytaert has emphasized the need to preserve the internet as a public good, warning against growing consolidation by proprietary platforms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dries Buytaert is the 238th most popular computer scientist (up from 239th in 2019). (down from 5,140th in 2019)

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Among computer scientists, Dries Buytaert ranks 238 out of 245. Before him are Larry Ewing, Theodore Ts'o, Jon Lech Johansen, Rosalind Picard, Denny Vrandečić, and David Heinemeier Hansson. After him are John Resig, Jamie Zawinski, Manindra Agrawal, Ian Goodfellow, Arfa Karim, and Paul Buchheit.

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Among people born in 1978, Dries Buytaert ranks 1,148. Before him are Jeff Sarwer, Yusaku Tanioku, Karen Brødsgaard, Franco Marvulli, Debbie Dunn, and Yin Jian. After him are Takashi Miyazawa, Yui Yatyer, Michala Banas, David Calder, Ariel Pink, and Toshiaki Haji.

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