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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
With recent price increases in LMS software, there has been a lot of talk about open source alternatives. This article describes one such, Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL). But though released under GPL, KEWL depends on Microsoft Active Server Pages (which virtually negates any advantage it might have offered). May I say, if you're going to develop open source software, especially server software, use an open source platform like Linus and open source languages like PHP or Perl; otherwise, you're not saving anyone any costs, you're just shifting them a bit.

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