An interesting story on how creative people using and finding uses for software can save costs for and improve the performances of an artistic organization. I’ve been in Ashland - it’s a lovely community. Free registration required to read the story.

For nearly 30 years, Michael Schroeder, a computer research scientist, has been a loyal fan of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. He is so devoted that in July 2001, when he was interviewing for a job with Microsoft, he flew from Medford, Ore., to San Francisco one morning and hurried back to Ashland for that evening’s performance of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”

Mr. Schroeder ended up taking the Microsoft job. A couple of summers later, when he attended a donors dinner in Ashland, he asked if the festival would be interested in receiving software along with his usual cash contribution.

The response was quick and enthusiastic: absolutely. The result: Ashland has become the envy of other regional theaters around the country.

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