Open Source Nonprofit Software

For non profits that have sister groups, affiliates, and chapters, the ability to organize their constituent information in one database helps them to better optimize their fundraising efforts.
MPower has recently introduced a multi-organization solution for this type of non profit organization. Thanks to this new technology, multi-organization non profits will have access to their constituent data [...]

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In the latest jab at Microsoft, even the Wall Street Journal is joining the chorus. Columnist Lee Gomes called on Microsoft to open source Windows 7, the rumored successor to the much-maligned Windows Vista.
Microsoft has historically ignored calls to open source its flagship OS, seeing open source as a threat to its existing proprietary business [...]

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A grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s (DEED) Job Skills Partnership will be used to help several Minnesota businesses train workers to use open-source development code. The $171k grant will go to six local businesses, part of the Open Source Consortium, to fund training courses for software engineers, programmers, and other [...]

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