[Moodle] Question: Ultranet and Moodle

[Adam Barbary]

Hmm, I wasn't suggesting that the govt. will mandate that Moodle can't  
be used, more than likely though, those teachers using it at the  
moment will slowly move toward the Ultranet model due to "extra"  
features not currently available within Moodle. (Whatever they might  
be). As I said, MS have a policy of taking an idea, then adding  
content only they can offer and then disposing of the competition.  
Moodle is a problem for MS long term as it is not proprietary. They  
can't buy Moodle, therefore they are unlikely to support any sort of  
integration beyond what they have to.

My uninformed two cents.

Adam Barbary



On 01/12/2008, at 1:28 PM, Laurie Savage wrote:

> 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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