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Open Source vs Open Standards

The nonprofit sector has spent millions of dollars on source code for software. Some of the community (myself included) has extolled the value of open source licensing of that code. But open standards are even more important and, relative to the amount of money spent writing code, the sector has spent almost nothing on developing open standards. Jonathan Schwartz takes on the issue of open source versus open standards and explains why this is important.

Posted: 4/8/03; 10:54:24 AM #

Open source and global development

I'm a fan of both Jon Udell and Brian Behlendorf. So I'm thrilled with this interview between them on the subject of open source and global development.

Posted: 4/8/03; 10:54:14 AM #

eBase becomes part of Groundspring

Although they have their integration work cut out for them, I am delighted by the fact that eBase is now part of Groundspring. eBase is a freely distributed desktop contact management database. Groundspring is a nonprofit that provides primarily donation management services to progressive organizations.

Posted: 4/8/03; 10:54:04 AM #


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