Well the Inquisition is on a roll. If you have been working on an online alternative to eductaion - the field is now owned by Blackboard Thanks Will
Blackboard Patents the LMS…The End of Moodle and Elgg?
Dave Cormier just Skyped me with a link to this article that details the patents on learning management systems that were just awarded to Blackboard. By the looks of it, Blackboard now owns learning management systems. The day the patent was awarded, Blackboard sued Desire2Learn for infringement, and although the Moodle board doesn’t seem to indicate a great deal of panic, I’d be interested to know what people in this community make of this. Dave says it’s not good…here is his depressing Skypequote:
“DOPA takes all the open sites, and Blackweb all the closed ones…”
Oy.
