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[Tim McNamara <paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/9/10 Andy Loughran <andy@xxxxxxxx>
>
>   We don't have to fit the charity to a project and try and make it fit -
> you can tailor a program to the needs of the charity.  The problem with that
> is it requires one of two things:
>
> 1) adminstrators and programmers within the charity to make it work.
> 2) other charities to collaborate and share the cost and the benefit.
>
> Where we can work together to solve problems, we can do it more effectively
> and cheaper.  Having to configure or write software that's immediately got
> to fulfil multiple aims whilst being similar requires well written code.  I
> hope ubuntu-ngo can help organise and develop these ideas, whilst also
> providing packaging for software that would be useful, but does not yet
> exist in the ubuntu repos.
>
>
Is there are set of core apps that ubuntu-ngo is promoting? Sort of as de
facto standard that can facilitate this kind of collaboration?

Tim