I'd like to take some time today and talk about the extensions ecosystem of Joomla. There are many CMS's out
there and all of them have extensions available, however none have been as successful at presenting and
organizing the sheer number of extensions available as the Joomla project has been.

As I'm writing this article there are over 5,200 extensions available for Joomla, these programs enable the CMS
to serve a huge swath of industries, the open source nature of the majority of these extensions enables custom
modifications which increase the range of their usefulness even further to the fringes of those industries and
to innovative site owners who are rewriting the rules with new products and services.

However, I feel it is my duty to bring to light some important facts about the nature of the extensions
ecosystem surrounding Joomla, and addressing both what I have seen offered by developers (in both product and
support forms) as well as the perceptions of users I've encountered.

It might be helpful to refer to my article on open source software before you go on.