%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T Mifos: Ending Poverty with Software %A Adam Feuer %X Free and open source software (FOSS) and business are key elements for solving the largest problems facing humanity. In this article, we focus on the challenge of eradicating poverty, a significant economic condition that affects billions of people worldwide. We outline the role of microfinance - the use of small loans to help poor people establish businesses - in eliminating poverty. We then describe the Mifos Initiative, a FOSS project to provide banking software to support microfinance institutions. Although we focus on the specific case where software is being used to address the problem of poverty, the approach and lessons learned can be applied to other great problems facing humanity. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 12/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/402 %N December 2010 %9 Articles %1 Mifos Initiative Adam Feuer is Director of Engineering at Grameen Foundation's Mifos Initiative. He founded the network scalability solution provider F5 Networks, the internet service provider IXA (now part of Savvis Networks), and helped launch Amazon's grocery delivery business Amazon Fresh. He specializes in mission-critical business applications built using open source software and Agile methodologies. His passion is creating great teams to solve difficult problems.