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The Invisible Closed Source Overhead - 1
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| The lack of interoperability is an enormous problem because interoperability
| is a precondition to competition. When software lacks interoperability it is
| a symptom that there is no competition in the market. As competition in a
| market decreases not only do the costs of products in the market become
| artificially inflated, but the quality and diversity of the products
| simultaneously decreases. Lack of interoperability means that a customer
| cannot avail themselves of self help to implement features that they want in
| a product or remove dis-features (1) (2) from a product. As we mentioned
| above, unless your requirements are shared by a substantial proportion of the
| target market, you will be unlikely to be able to have specific features
| implemented - even if you are willing to pay the cost of implementation.
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/the-invisible-closed-source-overhead-1/
MPower's CRM Software: Open Source and Nonprofit
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| MPower is the only full-featured, truly open-source CRM software specifically
| designed for nonprofit organizations. More than 200 charitable organizations
| as well as consulting firms and professionals working in the philanthropic
| community now have downloaded MPower since it became available as an open
| source offering without licensing fees.
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http://www.newsfactor.com/news/CRM--Open-Source-and-Nonprofit/story.xhtml?story_id=113006NBJEAT
Recent:
CRM Vendor for Nonprofits MPower Accepted by SourceForge
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| MPower, which sells nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) and
| fundraising products, announced that its product has been accepted by
| SourceForge.net, an online repository of open source code and applications.
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http://telephony-hardware.tmcnet.com/topics/open-source/articles/31075-crm-vendor-nonprofits-mpower-accepted-sourceforge.htm
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