Open Source Nonprofit Software

One of the largest U.S. chapters of the biggest multicutural women’s organizations, the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas, has recently decided to use MPower open source CRM software to replace their previous propriety solution. While it has utilized proproetary software for many years, the organization has opted to explore the benefits of using MPower’s flexible and effective CRM [...]

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A lower court’s decision regarding a copyright case was overturned on Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The case has the potential to strengthen the legal foundation of open source software. The appeals court has ruled that the conditions of the artistic license are enforceable by copyright laws. This ruling strengthens the principles of open [...]

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MPower users Precept Ministries International, Turning Point, and Amazing Facts have recently contributed three new product innovations for MPower’s nonprofit constituent relationship management software. MPower is proud to provide these new innovations to current and future users and are confident that these contributions will allow nonprofits to continue to grow and develop their own innovations [...]

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Microsoft is working to develop a new line of basic software in the attempt to counter the successes of open source software developers. The new basic software will be priced much lower than other Microsoft products in order to compete with the often free price of open source software. While this may be an interesting [...]

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The Open Solutions Alliance released information from their first annual survey, which questioned its members as well as other open source software companies. The Alliance officials report an overall feeling of “much optimism despite a murky economy.”
A reported 83% of survey participants noted a steady increase in revenue for open source software in 2008. A [...]

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