"OSS EDU Standing on the shoulders of giants" by John Koetsier @ eLiberatica 2009

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OSS|EDU standing on the shoulders of giants

Transcript of "OSS EDU Standing on the shoulders of giants" by John Koetsier @ eLiberatica 2009

OSS|EDUstanding on the shoulders of giants

two seconds on me …

three things about schools …

OSS is an enabler …

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no money – no problem

all decisions political – no worries

inertia is unbelievable – who cares

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three projects …

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Supposed to look like a milestone. If it looks like a gravestone that’s because these projects almost were …
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one, un, una

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500K registered users …

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two, deux, doi

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1000 schools

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three, trois, treis

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about 60K schools in North America

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Also used PHP
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Aslo MySQL
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Also deployed on the penguin
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DiscoverZone PremierGo PremierCampusLanguage Perl PHP PHPFramework Mason Joomla MoodleDB MySQL MySQL MySQLPlatform Linux Linux Linux

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Summing up ….

progression …

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Start with individual bones, build a body
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Start with arms and legs and organs and heads, build a body. Lots of pre-built components and functionality.
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Start with a cloned body – a blank – and customize it. Add hair color, clothes, and shoes … and you’re taking your project out for a runwhile the others are still learning how to crawl.

DiscoverZone PremierGo PremierCampusTime +++++ +++ ++Bugs ++++ ++ +Features ++ +++ +++++Maintainability + +++ +++++

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Another way of looking at it ….
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Standing on the shoulders of giants

thanks!

john koetsier sparkplug9.com twitter.com/johnkoetsier