Tech Soup
DECEMBER 20, 2011
At TechSoup, we’re always interested in how nonprofits cleverly solve IT problems. Getting a case management databases in use by several people and across different offices and even across different organizations is a particularly thorny problem. Microsoft SharePoint servers and client access licenses are available at TechSoup.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 4, 2007
In fact, pretty much every open source project that has gone commercial, or had a change in license, caused a fork, pretty much killing the original (like Mambo, or XFree86.) The major problem I found with ActiveCollab wasn’t open source vs. not but the fact that it wasn’t getting updated very often.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 21, 2007
I stopped at the license agreement. I might regret hosing the recovery media w/o getting them on CD later, but I hope not – I was in a purist mood – I would have had to have agreed to the license agreement for Vista and activated the product in order to burn the media, and I wasn’t about to do that.) It booted fine.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 18, 2007
Just threatening to sue, threatening to get license fees (which, for some open source projects would be a major problem) is enough to make people doubt the future of open source. It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again. Of course, the 800 pound gorilla doesn’t actually have to sue anyone.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JUNE 24, 2008
June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. Installation Problems: This was our first test installation, so we had more problems than with the others. Firefox didn't have this problem.
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