so it's ok for the software to be expensive, because everything else is? <g>
You know, it be work every penny. But I'll be delighted to cost it out and see where it taks us because from a user point of view -- yes I have have used it extensively as a student, through several versions -- WebCT totally sucks. It's the Microsoft of CMSs, Lots and lots of gratuitous complexity. And who the hell uses popups anymore? If we're better off with it than without it -- I have no opinion at the moment -- then fine. But I think it's a fine thing to investigate whether we are or not and I'm glad to take on the research project. Which brings me to my next question. Nine help desk staff just for WebCT password issues??? What's your password policy? Must start with a special character, contain no fewer than three capital letters, and end with a lower case letter, be changed no more than once a month but only on a Tuesday in February????? Help me out here ;) Seriously, I'm at a loss. It tells you when you have the caps lock key on, you know. I smell BOFH ;) who luvs ya ;) Dana On 1/20/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I do, we pay around $140k a year for the enterprise version of the > full academic suite based on around 30k FTE. But the software isn't the > most expensive part. > > 10 servers, SAN Storage, Backup Tapes, Network equipment, Disaster > Recovery and Staff cost far more than the software. > We have one full time server person (me) I have a secondary, and then > there are three other people that know enough to do basic triage. > > Then two Full time faculty support people with three or four people that > back them up. > > 9 Helpdesk staff on campus that answer day to day user questions and > assist with other password issues. > > If we had to hire on additional programmers to delve into the code to > make the modifications that we would need, and then deal with the > various changes in newer versions of moodle it would probably cost us > more. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:14 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: moodle? > > > > Yes but do you know what the licensing fees are? You could buy your > > very own tech support team for that. > > > > But anyway... this is merely personal research for me at this point. > > We defintely aren't doing anything with a live server and moodle any > > time real soon. I'd be interested in knowing whether the classes > > Denny's mentioned are at Continuing Ed or main campus though, if he > > sees this. And whether they talk to the registration server? > > > > Dana > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225287 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
