This is interesting. Michael Feldman summarizes (with a link to the discussion paper) a proposal by SUNY to build a learningf management operating system (LMOS). Having reached the limits of its Lotus Notes/Domino platform, the university scouted around for a replacement, but found that "no single-platform LMS solution exists today to meet our needs." Consequently, the university proposes to build a single platform that will run such diverse technology as uPortal, LAMS, Sakai and others. It's an interesting idea and I would be interested to see the result if they pull it off. The resulting solution is intended to be open source. Why? "There is reason to believe that commercial vendors in higher education have economic motivation to reduce interoperability rather than increase it." No question.
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