Collaborative Open Source Software: Panacea or Pipe Dream for Higher Education?

Dave Lambert will examine the current trend toward collaborative open source software development (Sakai, Chandler, uPortal, and so forth) in higher education, exploring issues critical to assessing the long-range impact on campus systems. His assessment will include an historical perspective, locate this new paradigm in relation to the traditional buy-versus-build choices, and discuss issues related to institutional deployment and life-cycle support.