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[Joey Kelly]

> There is also a several missionary agency programs you can find out
> about at LightSys that are being developed under the OpenSource model.
> Some are highly complicated and probably in need of people with
> commitment and significant coding skill to put years of their volunteer
> coding time into making these programs usable. I know of agency's who
> have invested multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars into software to
> do what they need to do, in other words, your time on this project could
> save a lot more money than you could potentially ever give.
>

Don't forget all the existing open-source applications out there on freshmeat 
and sourceforge, etc.. I understand that the corporate world thinks that if 
something is free it is worth using, but non-profit (which is what ministry 
is) organizations can benefit greatly by not having to shell out thousands of 
dollars for software.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net

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