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Free Software Magazine: Tactical FOSS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 21, 2006

“In my blog post a couple weeks ago I suggested non-profits
should package up some free software solutions into niche packages
and sell them as a fund raiser. The idea that there is so much FOSS
available, the preselecting, testing and validating is a value
added component worth paying for.

“Well I’m not sure how many non-profits have started that yet,
but there is a non-profit in Amsterdam that calls itself the
Tactical Technology Collective which has begun creating packages of
FOSS specifically for non-profits…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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