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January 2008
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 11:45
FLOSSMetrics, with funding from the European Union, has just published a guide on FLOSS use by small business.It covers much of the same ground as NOSI's own Primer, but with maybe a few more stats and quotes, including:- what is free/libre/opens ource software- ten myths- selecting software- adoption strategies- business modelsIt comes with an accompanying Catalog which reviews dozens of software packages in the following categories:- Infrastructural software- ERP/CRM- Groupware- Document management- Content management systems- VoIP, conferencing and
Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 07:23
NTEN and NOSI are co-sponsoring a series of webinars all year this year. There will be one webinar a month, covering topics from how to get support for FOSS, highlights of specific FOSS projects like Joomla and CiviCRM, how to migrate to FOSS platforms, etc. The full series description is on the NTEN site .As the webinars happen, we will be posting the presentations here (in Open Document Format, and PDF).
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 09:33
For those of you who are IRC aficionados, I've been hanging out at the #nosi channel on irc.freenode.net. Freenode is where most FOSS projects that use IRC have their channels. So, why not NOSI?See you there.
The current NOSI coordinator is Michelle MurrainMichelle Murrain received her B.A. in Natural Science and Mathematics from Bennington College, and her Ph.D. in Biology from Case Western Reserve University. She first started to work with nonprofits and technology in 1996, when she assisted a local womenﾒs health organization with a Linux server that provided email and a website.
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/13/2008 - 10:18
NOSI took part in the Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects event that was co-sponsored by Aspiration and Idealware. A good time was had by all at this awesome event. One of the outcomes of the event was a software tool map of all of the varied tools that people used for varied parts of project management. We've taken a subset of those tools (the FOSS tools, of course) and created a toolkit.
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/13/2008 - 09:58
We've created this SSC Toolbox to help us maintain an accurate and reliable list of free and open source software for non-profit organizations. If you have questions or thoughts on these toolboxes, please add them in the comments below!
Visit the toolbox itself and create an account on Social Source Commons to add and update applications.
If no tools show up, it's a glitch on the SSC end. Please wait a bit, and try back later.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 09:31
Becta, the UK education technology agency, has published a key report on Microsoft Vista and Office 2007. It covers document interoperability and analyses the suitability of both software packages for adoption by schools and colleges.It recommends that schools and colleges review the findings of the report before considering any large-scale investment or deployment, which are:The key recommendations from Becta's report are:
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 11:42
There is a great review of the primer in the newest ICT Hub Circuit Rider Digest newsletter, from LASA. That newsletter, by the way, is also chock full of great information, so check it out.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 06:31
NOSI is very interested in the use of free and open source software in the nonprofit sector. We want to understand better how FOSS is used, what people's attitudes are towards it, and what resources are necessary for organizations to choose and use FOSS. This is the first of an annual survey, so we can track trends of the use of FOSS in the sector, and so we can strategize to meet the needs of the sector.It will take about 10 minutes to fill out. We'd very much appreciate your time!Take the survey.
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