End-user programming (EOP) empowers individuals, both professionals and amateurs, to take control of the framework and the tools. Modern content management systems are well on their way to eliminating the developer. Mashups and web services are also an example of this trend. Whom will Drupal eliminate in the future? Are Drupal's custom content types and views popular because they eliminate the developer? I think the answer is 'yes'. Killed by technology, replaced by scripts.īut let's think ahead.
Publishing tools and content management systems, like Drupal, replaced them. The webmaster role that we used to know is dead. When was the last time you had to hire a webmaster to hand-craft your website and content using XHTML and CSS? Nowadays content creators can input, format and publish their own content themselves. With that in mind, what can Drupal eliminate?įrankly, we already eliminated the webmaster. Products or online services that eliminate middlemen can be incredibly successful. They will, however, have to co-exist with their online counterparts and that certainly adds pressure.Įither way, we can't dismiss the fact that there is a clear trend: any business that disintermediates traditional middlemen by taking advantage of the internet has a good chance of being successful.
Book shops, music stores, newspapers, flea markets, etc. Of course, the reality isn't as cut and dried as I make it out to be. At my 'State of Drupal' presentation at the Open Source CMS Summit at Yahoo! last month, I talked about the fact that there is a simple and well-known recipe for success: using the internet to eliminate middlemen.Īmazon eliminates book shops, iTunes eliminates music stores, news websites eliminate traditional broadcast media, eBay eliminates flea markets, travel websites eliminate travel agencies, real estate websites eliminate real estate agents, online photo print services eliminate photo shops, and so on.
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