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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Desktop Productivity

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I recently wrote a blog entry about LibreOffice (LO), the fork of OpenOffice.org (OOo) that came after the acquisition of Sun (the old holder/maintainer of OOo) by Oracle. It is the only fully cross-platform office suite with pretty much the same functionality and interface independent of platform. ’).

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

The new wave includes CRM (SugarCRM, CiviCRM) and desktop applications like Open Office and GIMP (a Photoshop alternative). . Check out Understanding CiviCRM , an "open source book" written in 5 days using the Floss Manuals platform and methodology. . Commercialization of open source projects is another important trend.