Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 20, 2009

However, today’s news that Oracle is going to buy Sun Microsystems has some very important implications. It has to do with the fact that many, many nonprofit websites and web applications are built using MySQL, the most popular open source database management system. For us, it’s generally much more removed.

Oracle 100

Oracle Open Source Database Alternative 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

OpenOffice.org is a free and open source cross-platform office suite, which can read and write MS Office.doc,xls, and.ppt files. It has been in development as OpenOffice.org since 1999, when Sun Microsystems bought the code from a company called Star Division (remember StarOffice?) But then … Oracle bought Sun.

Oracle 174

Oracle Open Source Slideshare Files 174

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

Open Source 88

Open Source Open Application Oracle 88

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Available later this year, this open-source solution integrates Salesforce’s data model for nonprofits, Nonprofit Success Pack , with AWS Data Lake and analytics platforms like Tableau to help nonprofit customers accelerate impact and engagement by simplifying their data operations.

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Nonprofit New York City San Francisco Oracle 73

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

One of my favorite quotes in the Connect documentation is this one: “As long as you can invoke the API over HTTP, your application can be Microsoft, HP, IBM, Novell, Oracle, even Sun-based. Create and foster developer and user communities in the same way that Salesforce and open source communities do. Be Helpful.

Open 100

Open Platform Kintera API 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Application developers are going to go to where the heat is, and that heat is red hot at Facebook But longer term, this may change. What is Openness? " So, how do you explain Open Social to your executive director? He also gives us the top line opportunities: Efficient development. Open standards help long term.

Director 50

Director Open Social Social Network 50

NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We don’t have a common language for collaboration between large software developers selling and donating their platforms to nonprofits. Because it exists as an Open Source architecture rather than an Open Source project based on a specific platform, it is strengthened by interdependency as more nonprofit software providers participate.

Model 75

Model Data Tools Open Source 75