Blackboard buys Elluminate and Wimba
Now that Elluminate and Wimba are owned by the evil empire I wonder if all the Moodle disciples will stop using them? It’s going to be real funny watching the all those BB haters using Elluminate at their next Moodle developers meeting…and it will be even funnier when Moodle finally realizes it can’t keep up and BB owns them within the next couple of years
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In a fact sheet about the purchases, Blackboard officials promised to continue to support both products, including their compatibility with rival course-management systems and open-source systems. “We’ll honor all existing contracts for Elluminate and Wimba clients,” the company adds in the fact sheet.
Employees from the two companies will be part of a new division of Blackboard called Blackboard Collaborate, which will be led by Elluminate’s current president, Maurice Heiblum. READ MORE HERE…..


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