We know Drupal is great and, of course, we're not the only ones. On Halloween, Packt Publishing announced Drupal as the overall winner of their annual open source CMS award - repeating the win from 2007.

The award is judged by both a panel of industry professionals as well as votes on the website.

Here's the blurb which mentions Joomla as #2 and DoNetNuke as #3:

Packt’s annual Open Source Content Management System (CMS) Award reached its climax today with the announcement that Drupal has won the Overall category, collecting a first prize of $5,000. Three months after it was launched and a staggering 20,000 votes later, Drupal finished ahead of Joomla! and DotNetNuke to retain the Award it won in 2007.

Packt includes the obligatory brief history of Drupal which you probably know, so instead ... here's a quote from Drupal Godfather Dries giving props to the community:

 "These awards are a testament to the valuable contributions from dedicated Drupal community members around the globe" said Buytaert in response to the news. "Working together, the Drupal community is building the future of the dynamic web so that anyone can quickly build great social publishing websites" he concluded.   

Check the full results of the 2008 Open Source CMS Award and/or follow along with my edited judges' notes:

• Judges were impressed with second place Joomla’s ease of installation and ability to get a website up-and-running in a short space of time.
• DotNetNuke in third place received positive feedback from judges who were impressed with its ease of development and security implementation features.
• Most Promising Open Source CMS: SilverStripe
• Best non PHP Open Source CMS: Plone
• Best Open Source PHP: Drupal

The judges note that: the result of this year’s Award confirms this quality and also suggests that there isn’t necessarily one CMS that is the best, more that there is the best one to fit an individual user’s needs and requirements.

To offer my editorial opinion, no matter which CMS suits your need, I am enthused by the excellent choices created by vibrant developer communities, and kudos to Packt for lending a hand by offering up cash bounty to these organizations along with the accolades.