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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Web Server Software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

By Web Server Software, I mean the software used to serve websites/pages. This includes databases, operating systems and other software that is involved in that process. Proprietary Unix, and Microsoft Windows, and associated Microsoft Software. Apache is by far the most popular web server software.

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An Open Source Website Personalization Tool for Mission-Driven Organizations

Forum One

At Forum One, we strive to provide solutions and tools that allow mission-driven organizations to make an impact in the world. As we work primarily with open source CMS platforms, such as Drupal and WordPress, our tool is effective in its ability to integrate within the CMS as well as be flexible for organization-specific needs.

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Is Your Organization Ready for Open Source Software?

NTEN

What does this mean when weighing your open source options? You know your organization needs to make a core technology change. Change Management Leadership Open Source Open Source tech leadership' Founder and Principal. BackOffice Thinking.

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Can open source software save organizations money?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Next year, given what is likely to be a grim funding year, nonprofit organizations are going to be hunting for ways to save money on technology. There are, of course, arguments that IT budgets should be, at least, level funded during slim times, but the reality is that organizations are going to reduce budgets across the board.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Overview

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And I’ll highlight where the comparisons are interesting and compelling, especially for nonprofit organizations. I’ll write a series of posts, and cover the following topics: Desktop software (OS, Office Suites, browsers, utility software, and other good stuff.). PHP vs.NET and that sort of thing.).

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Organizations use this tool to track donors, send out newsletters, track the success of campaigns, track who is engaged with the organization in what ways, etc. Because of this, the deck has always been stacked against open source tools in this arena. It’s got a great community of developers and users.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more. This guide highlights the top affordable and free nonprofit software solutions to turn to for support.