Change Comparison Music Profit 
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 26, 2006
Using Red Hat, as I often do sometimes, feels like doing battle in comparison. Ubuntu seems to be becoming the linux distro of choice for a lot of people, and so far, it’s my favorite. Ubuntu took the best that Debian had to offer, and left the weaknesses behind, I think. Anyway, I think it’s worth checking out.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 19, 2007
It doesn’t really change anything. On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Nonprofits still have decisions to make about what software to use.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 19, 2007
It doesn’t really change anything. On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Nonprofits still have decisions to make about what software to use.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) It’s my understanding that none of the major non-profit SaaS players use open source tools.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JUNE 29, 2007
Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. But their number pale in comparison to, say, the plethora of, say, network sniffing tools, for instance.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 3, 2009
Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it. Now the security issue.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 18, 2007
My point is that companies like Microsoft have almost nothing to do with providing good software — the marginal gain from selling better software is miniscule in comparison with the potential income from spreading some FUD and reaping the benefits as everyone re-evaluates their risk positions. 2 Michelle Murrain 06.03.07
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