http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/masson
This remarkably frank and insightful interview with Patrick Masson, the former Director of Technology for the SUNY Learning Network, is well worth the read, though by the end you would be forgiven for despairing about the future of SOA on any campus. I know I do and did. Monoliths ahoy! – SWL
[...] Not sure if it is right to link these too closely, but coming close on the heels of a story last week is an announcement that SUNY’s Learning Network has granted a ‘master agreement’ to Angel Learning. You’d hope business was actually pretty good over at Angel these days, what with their major commercial competitor getting deservedly pilloried for suing their other major commercial competitor. I mean, if you must choose a commercial vendor for your CMS, who are you going to select. The bully? The bullied? Or these guys, who’ve quietly built a very decent CMS (if you go in for that sort of thing) that plays well with others. – SWL [...]