New to the sector, our intrepid reporter gets the goods on ‘open’ and ‘open source’ technologies for nonprofit fundraising. Did you even know there was a difference?

By Melissa Busch

So, I thought I would have my hands full.

Seconds into my first interview, I knew I was right. The techie immediately introduced the concept by throwing out words like “code” and “applications,” and then kicked it into overdrive with the acronyms — OS (open source), CRM (customer relationship management) and API (application programming interface). Ouch, this hurts.