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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

One of the underlying stories of the 2008 election victory of Barack Obama is the really intelligent use of technology , in a way that will permanently change how campaigns are run in the future. Apparently, they were asked by the Wikimedia foundation to do this. The CC By-SA is the most FDL-like of the CC licenses.

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New to TechSoup: Windows Server 2012

Tech Soup

Web, Enterprise, Itanium, and Foundation editions have been retired in Windows Server 2012. Both Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server use processor-based licensing, with each license good for up to two physical processors. For more information, see the Windows Server 2012 Licensing & Pricing FAQ.

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Now Available on TechSoup: Small Business Server 2011

Tech Soup

The following servers and licenses are in the Windows Small Business Server 2011 family. Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition: English , Spanish. Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on: English , Spanish. Small Business Server CALs: User , Device. Small Business Server Premium Add-on CALs: User , Device. read more.

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New to TechSoup: Windows Server 2012

Tech Soup

Web, Enterprise, Itanium, and Foundation editions have been retired in Windows Server 2012. Both Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server use processor-based licensing, with each license good for up to two physical processors. For more information, see the Windows Server 2012 Licensing & Pricing FAQ.

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How not to treat an open source user community

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It seems to me that they could learn from the other successful projects out there – the really successful projects are supported by a wide variety of methods, whether it be a support model, a nonprofit foundation model, a hosted model, and others. They have had an active user community, many of which, I imagine, are going elsewhere.

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

This can mean purchasing of open source development companies (Sun MIcrosystems -- now owned by Oracle -- purchased open source database developer MySQL AB in 2008). and licensing models. Commercialization of open source projects is another important trend. Get familiar with open source terminology (repositories, forks, patches, etc.)

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. However, the traditional reliance of nonprofits on governmental and charitable funding is increasingly unsustainable.

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