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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Web Server Software

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By Web Server Software, I mean the software used to serve websites/pages. The current version of MS Server in use is Server 2008. Microsoft has web server software called IIS , and it’s database server product is MS SQL server , which people use for far more than just serving web site data.

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The evolution of web hosting

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But it’s only been in the last few years that mega storage, and mega processing power were available to organizations to power big web applications and the like. But for much larger/high-traffic sites, or sites that fluctuate a lot, it might be a great idea, especially if you want dedicated hosting. 2 Brian 11.23.07

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Google Analytics vs Site Meter

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. But first, a great example of Web 1.0 You can follow 10 sites instead of one.

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Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Spokeo takes your gmail, aol, or yahoo address book and, looking at a wide variety of web 2.0 I think I’m going to wait at least a few weeks after getting an invite to the next web 2.0

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My Top 16 tools of 2008

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It has become arguably the most popular open source CMS, and is a very able platform for creating all sorts of great web applications. It’s a really great tool for creating very rapid mockups of sites that you are working on. So what tools did you come to depend on in 2008? But now, here I am, and I’m impressed.

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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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