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Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) | Safe or Not?

Tweaklibrary

As the name suggests, Free and Open Source software (FOSS) is a crossover between Free Software and Open-Source Software. To understand all of this in-detail, let’s first understand what is an Open-Source Software? What is an Open-Source Software?

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Open Community Case Study – GoPlow

SocialFish

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Client solves Ecommerce for WordPress via Open Source

The Way of the Web

One reason is simply that it’s a really good product which I can easily recommend – as part of research I played around with the alternatives and I can honestly say that I’d already decided to use Jigoshop to power a couple of future projects before working with them. The benefits of a true Open Source Ecommerce solution.

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Battling burnout as a social media manager

Sprout Social

a leading technology company that provides enterprise open source solutions. Given the complex nature Red Hat’s offerings, the customer and community feedback Red Hat receives on social media every day is invaluable. Lean into your community. Join our community and connect SMMs through shared experiences.

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Entrepreneurial resources

The Marketing Blog

November 26, 2009.5:10 Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm.

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Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Open Source eLearning. Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective : eLearning Technology. tools to do a better job reading and researching topics. Reading & Researching Rough Definition of Use Cases. Researching - In this case, Im trying to find the answer to a question. Rapid eLearning Tools.

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