Open Source Nonprofit Software

Many people are familiar with the practice of using either a Mac or PC at work and the opposite type of computer at home. When searching for applications that will properly work across both Macs and Windows, many quickly discover that the applications for Macs are incredibly underdeveloped.
Experts in the field suggest that many open [...]

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There has been a lot of talk lately about the new types of open source software that has been developed in the last few years, but is it just that: talk. Is this software a good alternative or is it just a bunch of talk? I think it depends on what you are looking for [...]

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According to Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, free open-source software (FOSS) is a bigger threat to Microsoft’s business model than Google is. Though competition between the two hugely successful technological behemoths is fierce, particularly in the wake of the failed Microsoft-Yahoo takeover negotiations.
However, says Ozzie, open-source software is a much more serious potential danger to [...]

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Microsoft recently developed an open-source tool that is capable of translating Word documents into a “talking” book format.  This tool was created in a project involving Sonata software and the Digital Accessible Information System (Daisy) consortium.  By translating OOXML files into Daisy format, other software programs such as Book Wizard Producer can read the documents [...]

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OpenLogic, a vendor of tools and services for managing open source software deployments, has created an automated census tool called OSS Discovery for use in a survey to measure the worldwide implementation of open source software.  Beginning on April 16, 2008, companies can use OSS Discovery to scan their computers and anonymously upload the data [...]

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