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The Ultimate Nonprofit SharePoint App: The Case Management Database of Children's Network of Solano County

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At TechSoup, we’re always interested in how nonprofits cleverly solve IT problems. Getting a case management databases in use by several people and across different offices and even across different organizations is a particularly thorny problem.

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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. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. So, I did some research, and realized that the best choice for me was to get a Thinkpad – most everything works right out of the box.

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How not to treat an open source user community

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In fact, pretty much every open source project that has gone commercial, or had a change in license, caused a fork, pretty much killing the original (like Mambo, or XFree86.) The major problem I found with ActiveCollab wasn’t open source vs. not but the fact that it wasn’t getting updated very often. Now I know.

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Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Joy and Lane Fernando worked to together to set up the new 5-station donation: Server Computer: a Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex Desktop. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. 1 USB Hub.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Joy and Lane Fernando worked to together to set up the new 5-station donation: Server Computer: a Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex Desktop. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. 1 USB Hub.

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