Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2011

I recently wrote a blog entry about LibreOffice (LO), the fork of OpenOffice.org (OOo) that came after the acquisition of Sun (the old holder/maintainer of OOo) by Oracle. I’ve been using this tool since it actually was StarOffice, more than 10 years ago, when it was first open sourced by Sun in 2000.

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Open Source Open Product Oracle 135

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 14, 2011

For those of us that depend on MySQL everyday, the buyout of Sun (which had bought MySQL) by Oracle did not bode well. A decidedly biased survey by the folks behind PostgreSQL suggests that many people worry about the health of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. Switch to PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL is a different beast entirely.

Oracle 149

Oracle Alternative Open Source Ubuntu 149

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

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. The API is SOAP.

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Open Platform Kintera API 100

Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Naples, Florida: Collaboration Tools for Board and Remote Workers. " Five Tools to Make Social Media Magic. Austin, Texas: Oracle | NetSuite For Nonprofits. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Burkina Faso San Francisco United Kingdom 36

NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Nonprofit CDM is a single tool, and more are needed at all levels of nonprofit technology use. 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

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

MIT Technology Review recently cited Oracle’s definition : “Big data is the derivation of value from traditional relational database-driven business decision making, augmented with new sources of unstructured data. Facebook Insights is an analysis tool that lets you see how your Facebook activities are working.

Data 66

Data Disaster Map Organization 66