> Funny. When I worked at the University of Massachusetts I was on a team that > launched UMassOnline back in 2003. > The university paid a million bucks for the source code of Prometheus > (ColdFusion 4.5 I believe), and my team was > charged with making some adjustments and changing every single graphic file. > We're talking about a thousand little > icons and edges. It was brutal, but we got it done. One year later Blackboard > bought the company and shut them down. > UMassOnline had to move to Blackboard. What a waste.
I remember Prometheus. I worked with some of the people who built that. Blackboard bought everyone in that space, though. We used to have quite a few customers on WebCT and other LMSs and they were purchased and dismantled one-by-one. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355607 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
