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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Sometimes it does matter, both to an organization that might use that vendor, and to the vendor themselves in terms of viability of their business model. Ubuntu As this article states, Ubuntu is a very popular distribution right now, and Canonical is working hard to get Ubuntu in as wide a range of hands as possible.

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The evolution of web hosting

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A lot of organizations of all types want support, and are willing to pay for it, and Red Hat is, at this point, built the best business model around this than any other distro ( Canonical , with Ubuntu , is sneaking up behind, but I’m not sure it has the “enterprise&# style some people look for.)

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Cloud Is Not a Technology Decision

Tech Soup

Most have either focused on technology questions such as, "Is the cloud better technology than traditional models?" I've sat through a lot of debates recently about whether not-for-profits should migrate to the cloud. " or cost arguments. As a manager, I don't care about the detail of the underlying technology.

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Why sometimes eating your own dogfood makes you want to throw up!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m also trying to eat my own dog food and model good behavior for my 2 yo all the time. at 10:09 am It is the most recent version available for Ubuntu Gutsy (the distro I’m running now.) If it makes you feel any better – I feel your pain too. And it’s hard. That’s also REALLY hard. 2 Beth Kanter 02.29.08

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Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In order to scale both their impact and their bottom line, we found an opportunity for them to pivot towards a business-to-business model rather than a direct service model. We worked through a day long stakeholder-centered innovation workshop with the test-print of ImpactKit.

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