Needed: an 'Educore' to Aid Collaboration

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ira Fuchs: Needed: an 'Educore' to Aid Collaboration, Eduforge December 9, 2005

"The single biggest obstacle facing colleges and universities that want to use open source," argues Ira Fuchs, "appears to be the uncertainty about future support for and improvements in the software. Many administrators and trustees simply cannot accept the idea of relying for maintenance and support on people with whom they have no contractual relationship". More...