Comments on: Sakai 3 Is Like Mac OS X http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/ What We Are Learning About Online Learning...Online Fri, 18 May 2012 06:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sakai 3 As Mac OS X, Part Deux http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/#comment-1531 Sakai 3 As Mac OS X, Part Deux Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:47:41 +0000 http://mfeldstein.com/?p=1072#comment-1531 [...] e-Literate What Michael Feldstein Is Learning About Online Learning…Online Skip to content HomeArchivesPublicationsEduPatentsAbout MichaelContact « Sakai 3 Is Like Mac OS X [...] [...] e-Literate What Michael Feldstein Is Learning About Online Learning…Online Skip to content HomeArchivesPublicationsEduPatentsAbout MichaelContact « Sakai 3 Is Like Mac OS X [...]

]]> By: Michael Feldstein http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/#comment-1530 Michael Feldstein Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:57:56 +0000 http://mfeldstein.com/?p=1072#comment-1530 Laura, my guess is that they both got the idea from elsewhere. Both Apple and Microsoft have done something like this in different ways during major OS architecture overhauls. It's a pretty common strategy. To the degree that one LMS got ideas from the other in this area, the Blackboard NG effort precedes the Sakai 3 effort (for the most part), so it would be more likely that Sakai is learning from Blackboard in this particular case. Laura, my guess is that they both got the idea from elsewhere. Both Apple and Microsoft have done something like this in different ways during major OS architecture overhauls. It’s a pretty common strategy. To the degree that one LMS got ideas from the other in this area, the Blackboard NG effort precedes the Sakai 3 effort (for the most part), so it would be more likely that Sakai is learning from Blackboard in this particular case.

]]> By: Laura Gekeler http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/#comment-1529 Laura Gekeler Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:34:01 +0000 http://mfeldstein.com/?p=1072#comment-1529 Michael, you have found the analogy we all understand (even if non-Mac users) for the Sakai 2 to Sakai 3 move. To add to that, I've been pondering the co-existence mode explained in the recent Sakai 3 webinar I attended. Not knowing the timing, I had to ask, did they get that from Blackboard? Or did Blackboard get that from them? Both now have NG product plans involving a co-existence / bridge/ migration phase. Michael, you have found the analogy we all understand (even if non-Mac users) for the Sakai 2 to Sakai 3 move.
To add to that, I’ve been pondering the co-existence mode explained in the recent Sakai 3 webinar I attended. Not knowing the timing, I had to ask, did they get that from Blackboard? Or did Blackboard get that from them? Both now have NG product plans involving a co-existence / bridge/ migration phase.

]]> By: Charles Severance http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/#comment-1528 Charles Severance Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:44:50 +0000 http://mfeldstein.com/?p=1072#comment-1528 I really loved MacOS 8, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and on. I did not like MacOS 9, 10.0, or 10.1. I particularly disliked Mac OS 9 because they broke everything that worked in Mac OS 8 to "prepare us for MacOS 10.x" without making Mac OS 9 any better. During the 9, 10.0, and 10.1 phase I was blissfully working on Windows - when I came back to 10.2 I was the happiest guy in the world because I liked UNIX - and really did not miss much of Mac OS 8 at all. When I was forced to use Mac OS 9 - I did miss Mac OS 8 a lot and wished the whole world went back to Mac OS 8. And now I actually find where Mac OS 10.x still has remaining homage to Mac OS 9 annoying. Translation: Don't break what is working in the name of the next generation - by force-feeding next generation technology into the previous generation. Simply patiently work on the next generation until it is simply better and then people will flock to it in droves - and new people who did not find the previous generation appealing will find the next generation appealing. I really loved MacOS 8, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and on. I did not like MacOS 9, 10.0, or 10.1. I particularly disliked Mac OS 9 because they broke everything that worked in Mac OS 8 to “prepare us for MacOS 10.x” without making Mac OS 9 any better.

During the 9, 10.0, and 10.1 phase I was blissfully working on Windows – when I came back to 10.2 I was the happiest guy in the world because I liked UNIX – and really did not miss much of Mac OS 8 at all. When I was forced to use Mac OS 9 – I did miss Mac OS 8 a lot and wished the whole world went back to Mac OS 8. And now I actually find where Mac OS 10.x still has remaining homage to Mac OS 9 annoying.

Translation: Don’t break what is working in the name of the next generation – by force-feeding next generation technology into the previous generation. Simply patiently work on the next generation until it is simply better and then people will flock to it in droves – and new people who did not find the previous generation appealing will find the next generation appealing.

]]> By: James http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/#comment-1527 James Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:46:26 +0000 http://mfeldstein.com/?p=1072#comment-1527 You're no Steve Jobs You’re no Steve Jobs

]]> By: Jon Gorrono http://mfeldstein.com/sakai-3-is-like-mac-os-x/#comment-1526 Jon Gorrono Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:15:04 +0000 http://mfeldstein.com/?p=1072#comment-1526 Well said, Michael.. I luv a good analogy Well said, Michael.. I luv a good analogy

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