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. Satisfaction with Convio, Kintera and Blackbaud all trailed these top 4 tools.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open People Survey 100

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.) Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. Other companies in the NP space are similar.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open API Software 100

Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

The sea-change in nonprofit adoption of APIs has yet to occur. Open fundamentally changes the way we approach everything we do. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free. To the extent that APIs make widgets possible, these nonprofits benefited from the use of open platform technology.

API 28

API Convio Open Social Media 28