By Walt Esquivel on

Packt Open Source CMS Award - 1st place = $5,000
Voting ends on November 7, 2006 (today!)
Have you voted for Drupal as "best CMS"?
If not, please vote today.

Help Drupal win the USD$5,000 1st place prize and the title "Packt Open Source CMS Award Winner, 2006"!

Please only vote once...and if you previously voted, please don't vote again. Winning would be a great honor for Drupal! If you haven't voted yet, PLEASE cast your vote for Drupal TODAY as "The Best Open Source CMS". The vote button is on the bottom right of the screen.

CMS Wire previously mentioned Drupal as it discussed a call for nominations for Packt's "The Best Open Source CMS" competition.

Here's the Open Source CMS Award Timeline along with a few notes from Packt's web site:

Packt's annual open source CMS awards will be announced November 14.
A spokesperson for the publisher says the awards grew out of questions regarding what the best open source content management system actually is. The awards are meant to recognize "outstanding achievement" in the open source CMS market.

The Award is split up into two main stages.
Firstly, nominations will begin in July. This is your chance to put forward your favourite CMS to through to the Final Five, which will be announced at the beginning of September; this is when the voting stage begins. Voting closes at the beginning of November, with the winner of the Award announced later that month.

The Award Judging Panel.
The Judges will be choosing from the five Content Management Systems that received the most nominations, during the nomination stage. They will be selecting their top three based on a number of factors including performance, usability, accessibility, ease of configuration and customization, scalability and security.

You! The final judge is made up of votes from customers and visitors to . You have the chance to support your favourite CMS by submitting a vote when the final five are announced. Keep track of the Award schedule here: http://www.PacktPub.com/Award_Timeline

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Ryanbach’s picture

Ryanbach commented

I did that yesterday... ;)

Walt Esquivel’s picture

Walt Esquivel commented

EVERY vote counts!!!

I believe Drupal stands a good chance of winning the USD$5,000.

Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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ifly3years commented

I voted just now, maybe late ,but it can work.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=Drupal%2C+e107%2C+Joomla%2C+Plone%2C+Xoops

from google , it seemed that joomla get more voting.....

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jmarkantes commented

Cool graph, I had forgotten about checking that out.

Woohoo! Go Portland!

Oh yeah, voted on the drupal thing a while back.

J

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zemote commented

I voted weeks ago to show my Drupal support. Come on everyone, let's win this thing :)

-Jeff O'Hara
http://blog.zemote.com

MySchizoBuddy’s picture

MySchizoBuddy commented

how do u vote for it. that link send me to the description of drupal

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wmostrey commented

That might be because the voting ended yesterday..

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Walt Esquivel commented

Final results will be announced Nov. 14.

Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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Bèr Kessels commented

... Rather 'CMS with biggest community' will win, not the best per-sé.

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