[Moodle] Question: Ultranet and Moodle

[Laurie Savage]

I'm not really sure how they can stop teachers using Moodle. After all
all you need is a PHP/MySQL or PHP/Postgres equipped server with
internet access. I was running my own on Sitepoint for $89 p.a.

What are they going to do, block personal sites?

Laurie

Just recently, on Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 01:06:22PM +1100  in fact, Adam Barbary mentioned:
> Assuming MS gets the tender, I would gather that they will follow their 
> usual strategy of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. The original tender for 
> the Ultranet stated that the winning bid must leverage off what 
> infrastructure the schools already had. My gut feeling is that it would 
> be unlikely that Moodle would be a core technology, but whatever wins 
> will be able to pull information from a Moodle server to ease  
> implementation. Also, having done that, the winner could then say that  
> it has had wide spread adoption, the proof being the amount of imported 
> material.
>
> Pure speculation.
>
> Adam Barbary
> No fixed employer
>
>
>
> On 01/12/2008, at 12:59 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>
>> No news .. details of the tender process are still sketchy. Questions 
>> are being asked.
>>
>> Oddly enough, trainers are recommending that schools embrace and  
>> engage with Moodle to best prepare for Ultranet.
>>
>> Regards Roland
>>
>> 2008/12/1 Graetz, Kimberley K <graetz.kimberley.k at edumail.vic.gov.au>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> This might sound like a silly questions but I have just been recently 
>> informed that the Ultra net will not support moodle as a program. Is 
>> this correct, I thought it sounded funny but I just want to know if 
>> there is any truth in this statement. If any of you could clear this 
>> up, that would be great.
>>
>> ( I was told that Vic government was not going to allow moodle to be  
>> run along side the Ultranet, is this true?)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kim Graetz
>>
>> Moodle Coordinator
>>
>> Wangaratta High School
>>
>>
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