Proof Blackboard Hates You
So Blackboard’s big time now (80% of the LMS market) and has bought out its rivals or sued them. Let’s ignore the fact that their product really is focused on administration rather than learning.
They made $4.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. So they’re not a one man shop barely getting by.
This is their idea of a search page for online documentation. Really. You’re not confused. Their search function is a really, really, really bad index. Really.
This was the final straw for me. I have declared a blood feud with Blackboard. One of us is going down.
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I join you in this blood feud, and let me tell you how glad I am to be fighting along side you, as opposed to the other way round 🙂
You don’t stand alone, brother.
Is there a rogue install of Moodle on the university servers lurking in the future for you, Tom?
Why ya’ll frontin’ yo! Its cause of Blackboard that I’ms able to pay my billz! Go head on with that Moodle communist bullschnap – I’m tryna get paid! [/sarcasm]