The voting stage will begin on September 27 and ends on November 5. This is your chance to vote for the project you want to win in each category. Public votes will be combined with ratings from a panel of Judges with the winners announced on November 15.

The winner of the Amazon Kindle from the Nomination Stage is...drum roll please...Matt Grosse. Congratulations!

You will also 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. During the voting stage, a randomly chosen voter will be drawn out of the hat. To ensure you have a chance of winning, vote now!

To find out more about the 2010 Open Source Awards Judges, click here.

The following projects make up the finalist of the 2010 Open Source Awards:

Open Source CMS Award

Every Content Management System (CMS) that is based on one of the Open Source licenses is eligible to participate for this category. Vote for your favorite Open Source CMS here.

Finalists:

  • CMS Made Simple
  • MODx
  • mojoPortal
  • SilverStripe
  • XOOPS

 

Hall of Fame CMS

This category is reserved for those CMSes that have won the Overall Open Source CMS Award at least once in the past. Since the launch of the award in 2006, only Joomla!, Drupal and WordPress have won the Overall Open Source CMS Award, therefore, this category will feature only those three participants in 2010. Vote for your favorite Hall of Fame CMS here.

Finalists

  • Drupal
  • Joomla!
  • WordPress 

 

Most Promising Open Source Project

Sponsored by OpenCandy

 

 

This category is for all Open Source projects, whose first release date is less than two years from 9 August, 2010. Vote for your favorite Most Promising Open Source Project here.

 

Finalists

  • BuddyPress
  • LiveStreet CMS
  • Pimcore
  • Tomato CMS
  • WolfCMS

 

Open Source E-Commerce Applications

This category is reserved for the type of web applications that simplify buying and selling of products on the Internet. This will include complete e-commerce applications or frameworks designed for e-commerce. E-commerce modules or extensions to other systems can also be nominated. If a system is general purpose (like a CMS such as Drupal or Joomla!) the specific e-commerce functionality should be nominated, not the base system.Vote for your favorite Open Source E-Commerce Applications here.

Finalists

  • Magento
  • nopCommerce
  • OpenCart
  • PrestaShop
  • Tomatocart

 

Open Source JavaScript Libraries

This category is reserved for JavaScript libraries, libraries of pre-written JavaScript controls which allow for easier development of RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), visually enhanced applications or smoother server-side JavaScript functionalities.Vote for your favorite Open Source JavaScript Libraries here.

Finalists

  • Dojo ToolKit
  • Ext JS
  • jQuery
  • Mootools
  • Raphaël

 

Open Source Graphics Software

This category, as the name suggests, is for all Graphic Application Software that is used for graphic design, multimedia development, specialized image development, general image editing, or simply to access graphic files. It can also include graphics libraries, which use command line references or programming language inputs to design or edit graphics.Vote for your favorite Open Source Graphics Software here.

Finalists

  • Blender
  • Gimp
  • Inkscape
  • jMonkeyEngine
  • Scribus

 

Timelines:Amazon Kindle

August  9 | Nominations Open

September 17 | Nominations Close

September  27 | Voting Begins

November 5 | Voting Ends

November 15 | Winners Announced