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Pros and Cons of Cloud Software for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Nonprofits are mission-focused, usually run on a tight budget, and therefore sometimes hesitant about purchasing expensive software. Given recent technological advances, however, software advances may no longer be out of reach for nonprofits. Let's take a look at some of the advantages and potential drawbacks. Lower Upfront Cost.

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Great reads from around the web on May 16th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "As of May 13, 2011, we are releasing the code for our community software platform, the Zanby Enterprise Group Family System, under a GPLv3 license. We hope you will join us."

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This Just In: Computers Are Dead. It's a Mobile World (How Does Your Nonprofit React?)

NTEN

With a unanimous, although abrupt, decision, the Federation voted today to prohibit any further manufacture or support of non-mobile devices by any hardware and software providers worldwide. As to what will happen to the now deceased computer hardware and software, FAIL declined to comment. Let us know in the comments!

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ScreenSteps: Simple documentation

Judi Sohn

They have a hosted version , but at a minimum of $20/month it's more than I want to spend now compared to a one-time software license purchase. Update from comments: ScreenSteps Standard is only $40 and will let you export HTML, PDF, clipboard and upload to WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type and Joomla. Leave a comment »

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Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. I hope that they decide to go with an OSI approved license (they are currently using their own, which is a modification of the Apache license.

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 Be Helpful.

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Beyond XP: Upgrading Windows Operating Systems Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

Q: Since the Home edition of Windows XP, Vista, or 7 is not eligible for an upgrade license through TechSoup, what do I do if I have this edition and want to upgrade? These versions of Windows do not include Software Assurance, which means you won't get the free upgrades that come with Software Assurance.

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