# Open Source Software and Application Service Providers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/08/02/open-source-software-and-application-service-providers/
- Published: 2000-08-02T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Michael Gilbert explains why ASPs and Open Source Software could improve charities’
use of the Internet.
Michael Gilbert of SocialEcology.com is convinced that “ASPs[
Application Service Providers] will revolutionise technology services for nonprofits”.
A recent “thought provoking” meeting in Ann Arbor, USA in May confirmed his belief.
Here he signed a joint statement on these issues.

Find out why ASPs and Open Source Software could improve fundraisers’ and charities’
use of the Internet. Read the statement on Making Advanced Technology Work for Community
Serving Organizations : The Potential Impact of Open Source Software and Application
Service Providers.

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