Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 12, 2007
The three others are Democracy in Action , which is a SaaS that is open source, CitySoft says it’s open source, but I don’t know whether it is through an OSI approved license (since they don’t say. Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access).
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) For example, we (DonorPerfect Online), use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for the database engine.
Care2
OCTOBER 20, 2007
As I learned from attending the just completed Convio Summit in Austin, Texas, a discussion about APIs and databases fortunately doesnt have to be technical. The essence of an API is that it enables databases and applications to talk to each other, so you can share data and host data in multiple places simultaneously.
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