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A Bridge Between Blackboard and Open Source?
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| Blackboard, the dominant player in course management software, has the
| ability to inspire devotion and, for the more fervid open-source adherents,
| not a little contempt. So today’s announcement may cause a stir among those
| more apt to liken Blackboard to the devil than a gentle giant: The company is
| partnering with Syracuse University to develop a way to integrate Blackboard
| with Sakai, one of the primary open-source alternatives.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/07/15/sakai
Dubious press release:
Blackboard Partners With Syracuse University to Develop Sakai Integration
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/blackboard-partners-syracuse-university-develop/story.aspx?guid=%7B95142C17-3AD3-4E98-9A10-BDE415CDFCFA%7D&dist=hppr
Here's another Microsoft-backed crook (Finjan) that apparently tries to
legalise software patents in the UK.
Cybercrime organizational structures and modus operandi
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| The report includes real documented discussions conducted by Finjan's
| researchers with resellers of stolen data and their "bosses", confirming
| Finjan's analysis of the current state of the cybercrime economy.
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http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6325
Isn't software patent extortion a form of "cybercrime", Finjan?
Related:
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| "Blackboard hereby commits not to assert any of the U.S. patents listed
| below .. to the extent that such Open Source Software and Home-Grown
| Systems are not Bundled with proprietary software"
|
| "Microsoft has given Blackboard $10-million in venture capital and has
| stationed Microsoft employees within Blackboard to help with product
| development
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070202101359621
All 44 Blackboard Patent Claims Invalidated by USPTO
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| This decision actually should have come before the trial verdict but was held
| up because the USPTO had to decide what to do about the separate filings from
| D2L and SFLC. Now, in addition to the fact that Blackboard will be able to
| argue against the ruling with the USPTO, there are a number of questions
| regarding how this affects the court case.
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http://mfeldstein.com/all-44-blackboard-patent-claims-invalidated-by-uspto/
The Blackboard Patent and Blackboard's Big Idea
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| Now that the Blackboard Patent Court Case has begun, let's recap the main
| issues. Blackboard sued Desire2Learn for patent infringement. What is the
| patent claim and what is at stake?
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http://tatler.typepad.com/nose/2008/02/what-did-blackb.html
Blackboard Inc. Is Awarded Payment From Competitor in Patent Case
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| "This is a signal event in educational technology," said Alfred H. Essa,
| associate vice chancellor and deputy chief information officer for Minnesota
| State Colleges and Universities. "It means that the big boys are playing for
| keeps and will use their patent portfolio at any cost to crush and deter new
| entrants. As a community, it will take us a long time to recover from this
| mess."
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http://chronicle.com/free/2008/02/1828n.htm
Taurus/Orion/Spangenberg Hold Off Ford in Madison; Blackboard-Desire2Learn
Trial Begins in Lufkin
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| Interestingly, Desire2Learn is blogging about the trial. Desire2Learn has
| already invalidated 35 out of the 44 claims of the '138 patent. I love how
| Desire2Learn refers to the inventors in quotes - "inventors." From
| Desire2Learn's blog, we learn that the Software Freedom Law Center filed an
| ex parte reexamination request, and Desire2Learn filed an inter partes
| reexamination request. Both were granted, and are continuing in parallel to
| the trial. We also learn that Judge Clark did not rule on any pending summary
| judgment motions, and decided to hold them for trial.
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http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2008/02/taurusorionspangenberg-hold-off-ford.html
Blackboard Patent Goes to Trial
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| The Blackboard patent infringement case against Desire2Learn goes to trial on
| February 11, 2008 in Lufkin, Texas. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
| Both sides will have no more than 18 hours to present their case.
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| [...]
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| By all accounts Blackboard's patent is a stupid one and never should have
| been issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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http://tatler.typepad.com/nose/2008/02/blackboard-pate.html
Blackboard Problems Leave Vista on Double-Secret Probation
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| On college campuses, Microsoft's Vista operating system may be in
| danger of failing courses that use Blackboard, a key software
| program for communication between teachers and students.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109454,00.asp
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