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The Surge of "Software as a Service" and OnDemand technologies

NetWits

The technology world is full of buzz words that make up a language all their own. While typically the organization will still purchase and “own” the software license, the remainder of the technology investment is paid on a flat rate subscription basis over the contract term. OnDemand solutions provide a hybrid approach.

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

This part of the stack includes web servers (Apache), database engines (MySQL, Postgres), version control (SVN, Git), programming languages and frameworks (PHP, Ruby, Zend). . This can mean purchasing of open source development companies (Sun MIcrosystems -- now owned by Oracle -- purchased open source database developer MySQL AB in 2008).