Nominations Open Today for PacktPub’s 2010 Open Source Awards

Eric Brown — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:04:47 +0000

Another year has passed and it is time again for the Open Source awards from PacktPublishing. And with a new year come lots of changes to the awards. While the Open Source CMS Awards will still be the crux of the awards, new categories and awards have taken the Open Source CMS Awards and turned them into the 2010 Open Source Awards.

Last year saw the likes of Drupal, WordPress, Plone and ImpressCMS in the winner’s circle and this year promises to be even better. New categories and new names are sure to impress surprise and hopefully delight.

Nominations begin today, August 9, 2010 for the Open Source Awards.

Some New, Some Old Open Source Categories

Open Source CMS
Hall of Fame CMS
Most Promising Open Source Project
Open Source E-Commerce Applications
Open Source JavaScript Libraries
Open Source Graphics Software

Look for big things from the “Most Promising Open Source Project,” this could spell future trends in the industry. Don’t overlook the other new categories such as Open Source E-Commerce Applications and Graphics Software, though, which simply add to an already prestigious award.

Predictions

Look for Drupal, Joomla and WordPress to dominate much of the Open Source CMS portion of the awards, but others such as ImpressCMS, Plone, and possibly even Magnolia may show their worth as well (much the same as last year).

Magento and ZenCart are likely to be mentioned at least in the E-Commerce category, while Gimp is sure to show up in the Graphics Software category.

Whether any of these predictions are correct will have to wait to be seen. One thing is for certain though, this year promises to be the biggest and hopefully the best Open Source Awards from PacktPublishing to date. Stay tuned to see if predictions are accurate and if your favorite Open Source project makes the list.

Timeline of the Awards

August 9 | Nominations Open
September 17 | Nominations Close
September 27 | Voting Begins
November 5 | Voting Ends
November 15 | Winners Announced

Check out PacktPub for more information on rules and prizes.

PacktPub Open Source CMS Awards Nominations End Tomorrow

Eric Brown — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:35:06 +0000

Nominations for PacktPub.com’s Open Source CMS Awards 2009 end tomorrow. I will keep this short and just remind you to get in there and nominate your favorite open source CMS for each category. You can click the links below to get to the nominations page for each category.

PacktPub Open Source CMS Awards 2009 Categories