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Open source your Open Social Apps?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The salient quote: Why not roll your own social network, include the OpenSocial API, and have applications, groups, widgets and portals to your site in any number of the “OpenSocial” platforms? It seems to me that many organizations are going to have very similar needs in terms of kinds of applications. Anyone interested?

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News from NTC ‘08

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Oh, and Crystal Reports Application Server. But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. Their web site makes no mention of what server technology is used/required for MPower. Turns out it requires MS SQL Server ($240 + CALs from Techsoup, plus hardware). Which is fine.

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MPower Open keeps moving forward

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Thanks for a great site!! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain. hardware, network, application server…).

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain. hardware, network, application server…).

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. If you have an email list captured by one application, a donor list captured by another, a social network in another, and you give them all equal “weight,&# then you’re asking for trouble. So what’s the right strategy?

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Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And so the whole not-having-to-worry-about-licenses envy came up (in my head – no way I’d actually suggest this – I knew it was fantasy). Although they weren’t doing it when I made the purchase, Dell is now including licensed DVD playback software. And that’s just so stupid. 5 Matthew Edmondson 06.25.08

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