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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SaaS is not, by definition either proprietary or open source. And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. at 3:23 am I think your definition of SaaS is aspirational rather than factual. But the real story is much more complicated. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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Mashups with Social Impact for the NetSquared Mashup Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you take the time to comment on a post, you become part of the blogger's community and if you are writing a blog, they will most definitely read your post and perhaps become a reader of your blog. Wikipedia , the online open-community encyclopedia, is the most well known. Examples of Mashups. " Think through why.

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