I remember someone came from Prometheus to explain the platform a little after it was already installed. Can't remember the guy's name, but he explained that the heart of the system was this one single table that contained -- and I'm not exaggerating here -- 250 columns. The gasp that was heard in that room was quite loud.
MM At 11:10 AM 4/26/2013, Dave Watts wrote: >> 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:355638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
