Choosing an Open Source CMS application is a difficult decision for two reasons. Firstly there are so many worthy condidates each with their own merits, and secondly because they all cater for different segments of the market. You get complex ones, easy ones and bad ones… With so many to choose from, I really enjoyed this article by Seth Gottlieb, explaining what should be considered before diving right in.

He has also but together a report on the top 15 Open Source CMS applications.