Introduction to Web Content Management Systems - Part Three
2008 - The Year of the Open Source CMS
Awareness of the benefits of using Open Source CMS software is evident by the number of mentions CMS has received in the past year. Here are some recent reviews or commentaries about CMS or individual software solutions:
- Joomla and Drupal were named two of the "Top Web Gadgets of 2007" by Adam Davidson of National Public Radio.
- Joomla developer Barrie North explains why he thinks 2008 will be the "year of the open source CMS."
- Drupal lead developer Dries Buytaert describes the exciting possibilities for his CMS on his blog.
- The New York Times has embraced open source solutions for its website and other content management, as described on its Open blog written by Jacob Harris.
- CNET's Matt Asay reports on a study showing that Open Source software bugs are fixed faster than those in proprietary software.
Other resources
- OpenSourceCMS.com. Try out dozens of different Open Source CMS products at one site.
- Packt Publishing's 2007 CMS Awards
- O'Reilly Open Source Convention - OSCON 2008. To be held in July 2008 in Portland, Oregon.
- List of content management systems. From Wikipedia.
- CMSMatrix. Compare CMS solutions side-by-side.
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