It’s been a while since I’ve written a post about the notion of a Learning Management Operating System (LMOS). There’s some news out of the Sakai world that’s as good an excuse as any for doing returning to it.
Apparently Oracle, with the help of Unicon, is going to do quite a bit of work on […]
Archive for September, 2006
Oracle, Sakai, and the LMOS–Part 1
Published by September 30th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Notable Posts and LMOS. 0 CommentsOnce Again, IBM Sets a Good Example for Blackboard on Patents
Published by September 26th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 0 CommentsThe New York Times has a piece out today on IBM’s latest responsibility in patenting initiative. It seems that Big Blue will advertise its pending patents. Some details:
The policy, being announced today, includes standards like clearly identifying the corporate ownership of patents, to avoid filings that cloak authorship under the name of an individual or […]
Blackboard Conference Call, Part II
Published by September 26th, 2006 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access, Digital Democracy and Notable Posts. 0 CommentsAs I said in my previous post, I was allowed to ask quite a few questions of Matthew Small in Blackboard’s patent Q&A webinar tonight. I chose not to ask any regarding the scope or validity of the patent, since I saw no benefit in crossing swords on those issues. Instead, I focused my questions […]
Blackboard Conference Call, Part I
Published by September 25th, 2006 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access, Digital Democracy and Notable Posts. 0 CommentsTonight I listened in on the last in Blackboard’s series of Q&A webinars on their patent. To their credit, they let me ask all of my questions. Matthew Small even extended a personal invitation to me to call him with any follow-up questions. I was very happy with all of that. I was far less […]
Inside Baseball and the Blackboard Patent Fight
Published by September 24th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 2 CommentsCorrection: I have to apologize for sloppy reading. While my facts pulled from the NYT article are accurate, I should have spent a little more time reading the blog post that referred me to the article. Michael C. Smith, a lawyer in the district who was quoted in the article, believes that the claims are […]
