[Moodle] ultranet: moodle doesn't fit department's requirements

[Kent Beveridge]

Here, Here Ros!  And Maggie's point about the Front Page replacement is valid too. 
Note..I havent yet looked at that latest offing from 'MS'. hmmm...seems those initials relate to a disease that breaks down a perfectly good working body...a parallel or omen perhaps?
 
KB.
 
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From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Ros Meadows
Sent: Sat 11/29/2008 3:53 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Moodle] ultranet: moodle doesn't fit department's requirements


In other words - they would prefer to give educational dollars to big business (the enterprise solution), rather than help to promote and improve an Australian made, freely available, open source solution, and in the process perhaps be able to give some dollars back to schools.
Let's throw some good money after the bad!!
There is no doubt that moodle could be adapted (modules added etc) to suit their needs, if they would embrace the ideology of Open Source (software AND learning) everyone would be better off.
Considering the ultranet was originally supposed to be rolled out to schools from term 2 2008 they will only be 2 years (and how many millions??) overdue
I believe it is also because they want TOTAL CONTROL of schools, if moodle was chosen the source would be open and, omigod, teachers might be able to get into the workings of the program and perhaps hide certain things eg parent surveys, from BIG BROTHER. 
Let's promote libre knowledge and learning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libre_knowledge 

Long live DEECeaseD! yeh right!

PS thanks Donna for coming on board in my VITTA session on FOSS. I am sure it improved the session no end!

Cheers
Ros Meadows
Bentleigh SC

[Comment From Jo McLeay]
"I love teaching but I hate my job" Many have said this. http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/live/ 

Donna Benjamin wrote: 

	Hi folks,
	
	Moodle.com.au didn't submit to the original tender process, because they
	couldn't meet all the requirements, and it wasn't clear whether the
	department would accept a consortium response.
	
	Here's the response I got from the ultranet team...
	
	cheers
	Donna
	
	Ms Benjamin 
	
	Thank you for your e-mail concerning the release of the selective tender
	for the Ultranet and your suggestions about the Moodle software
	solution.
	
	The Department is committed to delivering the Ultranet project to all
	Victorian government schools by Quarter 3, 2010.  
	
	The Department decided to release a Request for Tender to five software
	vendors through a selective tender process following an independent
	market sounding of the local and global market.  
	
	The market sounding exercise subjectively assessed existing software
	solutions that could potentially meet the Department's requirements for
	the Ultranet project and the key Government priorities of teaching and
	learning management and a parent portal.  Five software vendors were
	identified as being able to achieve an acceptable solution
	implementation outcome.  
	
	The Ultranet will be implemented as an enterprise solution and the
	successful vendor will adopt an enterprise approach to intranet
	development.
	
	Moodle was assessed and was not a close enough fit against the
	Department's requirements for the Ultranet project.  Therefore Moodle
	was not suitable for this selective tender.
	
	The market has already had the opportunity to respond to an open Request
	for Tender.  The Department released an Ultranet Request for Tender in
	August 2007 and completed the tender evaluation process without being
	able to select a successful tenderer.
	  
	Thanks
	
	<name removed>
	Project Manager
	Ultranet Project
	
	
	  

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