[MLB-WIRELESS] Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI)

[Clae]

>From: Romana Challans <romana at timelady.com>
>To: LinuxSA <linuxsa at linuxsa.org.au>, CAISA <cai-sa at cbnsw.org.au>,
>    Computerbank <computerbank at lists.linux.org.au>
>Subject: [Computerbank] The Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI)
>Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:05:41 +1030
>
>http://www.nosi.net/
>Welcome to NOSI!
>
>The open source community model for software development and support
>represents a huge potential opportunity for nonprofit organizations. The
>promise of open source is to allow the nonprofit sector to:
>
>     * Share technical expertise across organizations
>     * Leverage limited software development resources
>     * Avoid lock-in to proprietary technology platforms, and
>	* Minimize licensing costs as well as total cost of
>	* ownership.
>
>However, non-profits have been slow to explore the
>opportunities afforded by open source. Many are not even
>aware of the open source approach as an option. This is
>due to a combination of factors:
>
>     * The technical nature of the benefits involved
>	* makes them difficult to communicate and understand
>     * The open source community tends to be a closed
>	* loop, designed to serve the needs of its
>	* members, who are mostly very technically
>	* savvy. Open source development efforts tend to
>	* neglect software ease of use, tutorials and
>	* documentation, and support for less technical
>	* users.
>     * Most open source applications do not
>	* incorporate features and functionality
>	* that address non-profit's unique
>	* operational needs
>
>The Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI) was begun in June 2001 to
>bridge this gap between the nonprofit and open source communities.
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>Romana Challans
>ITShare SA Inc / ComputerbankSA
>http://cai-sa.linunix.com/
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>_______________________________________________
>The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the individual, and do not
>express the opinions of Computerbank Australia Incorporated (CAI) in any way.
>_______________________________________________

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