Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 14, 2011

For those of us that depend on MySQL everyday, the buyout of Sun (which had bought MySQL) by Oracle did not bode well. A decidedly biased survey by the folks behind PostgreSQL suggests that many people worry about the health of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. Switch to PostgreSQL.

Oracle 149

Oracle Alternative Open Source Ubuntu 149

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 20, 2009

However, today’s news that Oracle is going to buy Sun Microsystems has some very important implications. It has to do with the fact that many, many nonprofit websites and web applications are built using MySQL, the most popular open source database management system. For us, it’s generally much more removed.

Oracle 100

Oracle Open Source Database Alternative 100

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Open source is now a mainstream part of the technology fabric at the operating system layer -- and is rapidly moving "up the stack" . Some segments are already well-established, including content management systems (Drupal, Joomla, WordPress), javascript libraries (Dojo, jQuery), and reporting engines (Jasper, BIRT).

Open Source 88

Open Source Open Application Oracle 88