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[Rory McCann <rory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/03/10 16:53, Gayl Kennedy wrote:
> Hi Rory
> Hope all is well with you.  I am looking into going to Nigeria with VSO
> for a 6 month contract to look at an MIS solution for an NGO there. 
> They have internet and are using open source but I expect they need more
> than a few spreadsheets.  What would you recommend as potential open
> source options as when I search the net I get way too many options!
> 
> Regards Gayl

Hi Gayl,

Great to hear from you, hope you have fun out in Nigeria. The calling to
go out to Africa is strong. :)

I'm not really sure about databases. The first thing that comes to mind
is MySQL/PostgreSQL, but that's more like SQL Server, and perhaps not
what you/they need.

I'm not really sure what a "MIS" is? I suppose there's the canonical
example is OpenOffice.org. That has the normal spreadsheet/database
stuff, but I'm not sure how good they are. They aren't programmes I use
day to day.

I'm CC'ing the 'Ubuntu NGO' list, which is a collection of people in the
Ubuntu ecosphere that are interested in making ubuntu work better for
NGOs. They might have some other suggestions, and maybe there's someone
out there in Nigeria that can provide Local help?

Hope that helps

Rory

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