Today PacktPub.com announced "the inaugural list of Most Valued People from Open Source Content Management Systems". For background info about the award and all the categories coming up, see our previous post about the 2008 Open Source CMS Award.

PacktPub.com has been accepting MVP nominations since early July and for the majority of Content Management Systems, there were a number of candidates that received enthusiastic support. This demonstrates how many different people are key to the sucess of a CMS and how difficult it is to select an individual as the person who has contributed the most.

The list of "Most Valued People from Open Source CMSs" were put forward by members of the Content Management System's development team and community and represent "the exceptional support, guidance, and sheer amount of time that the MVPs have given up to support the development and growth of the respective CMS".

Most Valued Persons in the Joomla! and Mambo field

JOHAN JANSSENS | Joomla!

"His work on Joomla! is excellent."

"Johan is responsible for the development of the Joomla! Framework, he lead the Joomla! project to become the succesfull project it is today."

"Johan is the man behind the amazing architecture design of the only PHP based CMS with a solid development framework."

LYNNE POPE | Mambo

"Lynne is totally dedicated to the Mambo project and its users. This dedication is what makes to project one of the best ones around."

In total there are 24 names on this list. For the complete list of Open Source CMS Most Valued People, visit PacktPub.com