Packt Publishing is starting to announce the various winners in its Open Source CMS Awards. The first category announced was the Best Open Source Social Networking CMS.
Packt is pleased to reveal that WordPress is the first winner of the 2007 Open Source CMS Award, picking up the best Open Source Social Networking Content Management System. In a very close category, WordPress came out in front of Elgg and Drupal, who finished joint second.
Judges comments for their decisions included:
- WordPress’s ease of configuration, professional approach, usability and enthusiastic community.
- Elgg as a true Open Source Social Networking CMS, its variety of themes and overall user experience.
- Drupal had a long list of positive comments from the judges and was praised as a good overall package.
Winners of the various categories will be announced throughout the week, including Best PHP on October 31st and Overall Winner on November 2nd.