University sues its closed-source LMS provider

University sues its closed-source LMS provider

by Tim Hunt -
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by Joseph Rézeau -
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“Litigate. Litigate quanto volete. Ma non fate finire il giorno senza aver fatto la pace.”

A fitting motto for a Catholic University, no?

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by Matt Bury -
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Hi Tim,

Why am I not surprised? It doesn't look like either side understands the other very well.

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by dawn alderson -

sounds like a huge disappointment for all concerned, what a shambles.  

Very sad story.

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by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Not to mention:
a) the disruptions the end-users had to suffer

b) the missed satisfaction of the end-user (see, for example, "Moodle as a "massive improvement" over Blackboad" https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=273744 )

c) the lack of freedom to switch to another hoster on the same platform

d) as a result, the costs of converting the content to another platform/format (assuming that "closed-source provider" hasn't locked the content!)

e) an "early termination fee" of 120 k? Was it a ransom? as if 24 USD/student p.a. wouldn't enough. And somewhere "$12 per student for five to eight weeks of access"!