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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. From my perspective, the key is openness.

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How to find out about free and open source software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Rule of thumb: projects that haven’t had minor releases in a year or more are definitely in danger of becoming projects that are no longer under development. Depending on project, going from x.2 3 might be a major or minor release. Going to a x.0 0 release – for example from 2.x is always major.) Be Helpful.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

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I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. And what does “Linked Open Data” refer to?

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What software freedom means to me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. I love open source software as much as the next guy. So here goes.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. Be Helpful.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

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Linux ready for the desktop?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I figured it was time to give my final assessment. It was quite a shame to have to give that up , but it was either that, or make due with either not using a Palm, or modifying dramatically how I dealt with my PIM data. And, to answer the question posed above, the answer is, for me, obviously, a definite yes. Be Helpful.

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