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. Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access).
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.) Some SaaS, like Salesforce.com, and increasingly the nonprofit CRM SaaS vendors, are open platforms.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 18, 2007
He has set up campaigns on seven different personal fundraising platforms: ChipIn - FirstGiving - GiveMeaning - SixDegrees - Fundable - Change.org - JustGive.org Britt Bravo points us to " Socially Responsible Idol " a write up about the NetSquared Innovation Award nomination and voting process by Jessica Guynn on SFGate.
Care2
OCTOBER 20, 2007
To the extent that APIs make widgets possible, these nonprofits benefited from the use of open platform technology. Thats because to-date, the major constituent relationship management databases didnt have open platform APIs. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free.
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
And, the Salesforce.com platform was one clear benefit of Common Ground. After our acquisition of Kintera in 2008, we went through a similar review process and decided to focus that product on the peer-to-peer fundraising space and to stop offering it as a CRM product. Sphere CRM is one example of how Blackbaud has refocused a product.
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