Keyword Open Source
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SEP
Drupal gaining momentum in NFP Sector
02 SEP 2011 | Posted in charity, CMS, membership organisation, NFP, open source, website | Author Alex McLachlan |
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The open source CMS Drupal is being adopted by more and more NFP organisations. I recently did a comparison of the charities and membership organisations using Drupal and two of the more popular commercial CMSs. I was surprised by the level of market penetration by Drupal. I was able to find dozens of sites that use Drupal. When I tried the same for the two commercial CMSs, I had great trouble finding more than a handful.
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MAR
Open Source's Responsiveness
18 MAR 2011 | Posted in business value, CMS, open source | Author Alex McLachlanOne of Open Source's unique selling points (if I can use that phrase) is its responsiveness. We've had a really good example of this on our website recently, which demonstrates how issues with open source software can get fixed really quickly and efficiently.
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DEC
When to adopt Open Source
03 DEC 2010 | Posted in business value, CMS, CRM, open source, strategic IT | Author Alex McLachlan | 4 Comments
When is Open Source business ready? People are naturally cautious about adopting open source software.
Open source can raise images long straggly beards and sandals and of the potential difficulties of poor quality software and an uncertain future.
However, there are a number of very good quality open source systems - look at Linux for example - and they can offer very good value for money. There are also a number of open source software applications:
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MAR
The Guardian opens API access
10 MAR 2009 | Posted in agile project management, Guardian, incremental delivery, open source | Author Peter BirdThe Guardian continues to demonstrate that openness and innovation are its strong suits; and if you happen to be The Guardian and the content that you can provide open access to includes 10 years of broadsheet quality journalism from guardian.co.uk then people take notice.