Say it with me – Joomla!

Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2011 in "CMS"

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Continuing on with our series of reviewing the most popular content management systems out there, this week we shall explore Joomla!  (The exclamation point is there’s, not mine.)

Joomla!’s origins are a lot more exciting than a lot of software, being born out of a tech divorce worthy of a Maury Povich show.  The team that created Joomla bailed from a previous software package called “Mambo” after a very public spat over differences in approach, and whether or not the old team had violated open source principles.  See the discussions if you’re really curious: the discussions are too complex to be summarized easily.

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