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6 Reasons Open Source Makes Sense

3rd Sector Labs

We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates. Affordability – Open Source is free of licensing fees. Proven – Open Source platforms like Drupal, WordPress, CiviCRM, etc.,

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Open Source Feminism: An Intervention with Wikipedia

NTEN

The internet is powered by open source technology—exciting software that's built collaboratively from the bottom-up. Open source is meant to be free and equal, but then why do men continue to dominate open source sites like Wikipedia? The idea that technology is not neutral is a heavy one.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Web Server Software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Microsoft has web server software called IIS , and it’s database server product is MS SQL server , which people use for far more than just serving web site data. On top of proprietary UNIX, people will generally run associated open source server software for web, database and development frameworks.

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Diversity and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It comes out of Kirrily Robert’s keynote at OSCON about women and open source. There is a cool site from the Ruby community called Railsbridge , and one of their guidelines is to “ Reach out to individuals and groups who are underrepresented in the community.&#. of open source communities. Transparency.

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Diversity and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It comes out of Kirrily Robert’s keynote at OSCON about women and open source. There is a cool site from the Ruby community called Railsbridge , and one of their guidelines is to “ Reach out to individuals and groups who are underrepresented in the community.&#. of open source communities. Transparency.

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Architecting Composable Digital Experiences

Forum One

The goal of this approach is to allow best-of-breed services, technologies, and frameworks to be used in crafting digital experiences across various channels and touchpoints along the full user journey. On the open-source front, Drupal and WordPress have been a little slower to move when it comes to Composable Architecture.

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Free and open source tool #12: Miro

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. There are channels for everything. It can download videos via Bittorrent as well.