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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But it is annoying when something is trumpeted as open source but hasn’t been architected or documented in a way that would allow others to make practical use of the code). Sometimes ‘open source’ is the most important kind of openness. at 3:23 am I think your definition of SaaS is aspirational rather than factual.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

It doesn’t allow commenting on documents, but it’s a great place to create a libary of resources without hosting them yourselves. A more complex knowledge sharing platform might include: the ability for users to upload documents, links, or just pose a question. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Some are huge.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. It will also integrate with OneDrive and Sharepoint Online for document storage. The project also works closely with volunteer translators at Wikipedia’s translatewiki.net. The Demise of Facebook Causes. It was one of the original 10 Facebook apps.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

Museum 2.0

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia has become one of the top ten most-visited websites worldwide and is the only one in the top ten that is a non-profit initiative. a conference).

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