http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/part-2-of-2-open-api-at-the-laundromat-towards-a-working-definition-of-an-open-api?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-2-of-2-open-api-at-the-laundromat-towards-a-working-definition-of-an-open-api Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/part-2-of-2-open-api-at-the-laundromat-towards-a-working-definition-of-an-open-api/comment-page-1#comment-680 abenamer Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:57:06 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/part-2-of-2-open-api-at-the-laundromat-towards-a-working-definition-of-an-open-api#comment-680 I think Blackbaud "gets it" but they haven't done the hard work of figuring out how to make their business model work in the context of what they have "gotten". Frankly, salesforce.com has focused on creating its ecosystem and is finally reaping the benefits of that focus. It's what happens after you work on it for several years. Blackbaud is a publicly traded company and has a responsibility to its shareholders to have decent quarterly results so for them to change their business model would be very difficult to do midstream. I just hope that they don't end up completely paralyzed because of their need to maintain quarterly results. I think Blackbaud “gets it” but they haven’t done the hard work of figuring out how to make their business model work in the context of what they have “gotten”. Frankly, salesforce.com has focused on creating its ecosystem and is finally reaping the benefits of that focus. It’s what happens after you work on it for several years. Blackbaud is a publicly traded company and has a responsibility to its shareholders to have decent quarterly results so for them to change their business model would be very difficult to do midstream. I just hope that they don’t end up completely paralyzed because of their need to maintain quarterly results.

]]> http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/part-2-of-2-open-api-at-the-laundromat-towards-a-working-definition-of-an-open-api/comment-page-1#comment-671 Pete Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:12:13 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/part-2-of-2-open-api-at-the-laundromat-towards-a-working-definition-of-an-open-api#comment-671 Couldnl;t agree more. Our organization bought the Raiser's Edge API and VBA package. We are really excited about teh potential that it offers, but I have heard many times peopel talking about the "ecosystem" that would spring up around Blackbaud if developers could get the API for cheap or free. Couldnl;t agree more. Our organization bought the Raiser’s Edge API and VBA package. We are really excited about teh potential that it offers, but I have heard many times peopel talking about the “ecosystem” that would spring up around Blackbaud if developers could get the API for cheap or free.

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