Newsforge: Seattle employs FOSS for good works

by Alex Limi — last modified May 22, 2007 07:38 AM
Grindrod indicated the amount of FOSS used by nonprofits is growing. As an example, she referred to the Nature Conservancy and its use of open source Plone software for content management.

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While nonprofits can be restrained by the same issues commercial organizations have with legacy investment and pessimism over the utility of FOSS, they are increasingly moving to and succeeding with open source solutions, according to attendees such as Massachusetts Audubon Society Director of IT Louise Grindrod.

"The nonprofit community and the open source community should recognize these people for the work they're doing," she said. "We need to thank them."

Industry
Non-profits
Country
United States
Published
Mar 30, 2006

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