by Julian Copes | Sep 2010 | Open Source
I am pleased to announce the finalists in the 2010 Open Source Awards. The nominations started on 9th August and since then we've received just fewer than 8000 nominations from the open source community supporting their favorite open source projects. The voting stage begins Monday 27th September and ends Friday 5th November.
Additionally, you will be pleased to hear that by voting for your favorite Open Source project in the voting stage, you will have another chance to win a fantastic Amazon Kindle!
This is an opportunity for you to download all your favorite Packt eBooks and read them from one handy device. The winner of the Amazon Kindle from the nomination stage will be announced next week (week commencing 27th September)
Below are the finalists in this year’s Awards:
Open Source CMS Finalists:
- CMS Made Simple
- MODx
- mojoPortal
- SilverStripe
- XOOPS
Most Promising Open Source Project
Sponsored by 
- BuddyPress
- LiveStreet CMS
- Pimcore
- Tomato CMS
- WolfCMS
Open Source E-Commerce Applications
- Magento
- nopCommerce
- OpenCart
- PrestaShop
- Tomatocart
Open Source JavaScript Libraries
- Dojo ToolKit
- Ext JS
- jQuery
- Mootools
- Raphaël
Open Source Graphics Software
- Blender
- Gimp
- InkScape
- jmonkeyengine
- Scribus
Hall of Fame CMS
The Hall of Fame Category will continue until the end of the Voting Stage.
Voters can choose from the following projects:
- Drupal
- Joomla!
- WordPress
Remember the voting stage begins Monday 27th September so choose which finalist you want to win in each category. To vote, go to the Open Source Awards home page from Monday 27th September.
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