Free Software
I just read a great post over at Lifehacker about free (mostly opensource) software.
A website called SoftwareFor.org put together a CD (which you can download and burn) full of free software for “starving students” (or whoever else would find it useful). There is also another great website that provides a CD full of opensource (free) software called TheOpenCD.
These are two great resources for some software that you might find extremely useful, but not have the budget to pay for some of the higher end, namebrand stuff. Sometimes the money in churches has to be stretched extra far, and this is a great way to help the funds go further while still using some great tools to do some really cool things.
Bottom line, with so many free and opensource options out there, there’s no excuse for churches to say that they “can’t afford” to do certain things that are tech related. Sure, this isn’t the answer to everything, but it’s just a small example of what you can do without spending any money.
