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December 2006

Find out about open source projects

I just discovered the site ohloh.net. It is a great place to find detailed information about the developers of a project, what kind of licenses there are, etc. It's a great resource if you're thinking about different open source CMSs, for instance. Here's the page on Joomla, and the page on Open Office. Neat stuff!

NOSI in 2007

There's a bunch of interesting projects on tap for NOSI in the coming year. Here's a short look at some of the highlights:

First Salon, a success!

The first NOSI Salon, held at the San Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center was a definite success! About 15 people of varied organizations and roles came out to talk to the me about what they think NOSI should be doing in the coming year or so. People were happy that NOSI is back, and we had a great, wide ranging conversation about the future of open source software in the nonprofit sector, and the kinds of ways that NOSI could help increase the awareness and use of FOSS in the sector.

75% of Open Source investment in the private sector is spent on Linux

According to an interesting article in Computer Business Review Online, for-profit companies spend 75% of their investments on Linux, leaving 25% for other open source projects such as Firefox, OpenOffice, MySql, and others.