tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post2522154365413955104..comments2007-10-26T22:53:34.502-04:00Tom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-71222484865969998132007-10-26T22:52:00.000-04:002007-10-26T22:52:00.000-04:00Just to be clear, I don't really think there is much hope the Education Plaza will end up being what we need, and I don't think I'd come up with C|Net as a prototype myself (perhaps Amazon). Dean's statement of the problem is right though.Tom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-3114520775216527352007-10-26T21:26:00.000-04:002007-10-26T21:26:00.000-04:00I'm not sure that customers really want vendor-neutral advice. I'm on my second business model offering third-party, objective advice on educational technologies, and few are pounding a path to my door. Nor are there a lot of competitors to this service offering of mine.<BR/><BR/>No one in the market? Perhaps there's no market. Maybe educational customers get the vendors they deserve.Harold Jarchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11462304722726586155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-40486776116833433582007-10-26T19:59:00.000-04:002007-10-26T19:59:00.000-04:00THE Journal, like CNET, frequently approaches being a reproduction service for the press releases of tech advertisers. eSchool News is already there.<BR/><BR/>It would be nice if we had some kind of objective source for edtech news and criticism but I haven't seen anything like that. And I doubt Education Plaza will be such as vehicle in the hands of 1105.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499998503875108753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-38589319430394380332007-10-26T16:01:00.000-04:002007-10-26T16:01:00.000-04:00Hello Tom,<BR/>I enjoy your blog although this is the first time that I've felt the urge to comment. <BR/><BR/>This is one of my biggest concerns - vendor lock-in for higher ed (or all ed) institutions. We really need to collaborate more to provide more of our own solutions - open source, shareable, and mindful of our missions of serving students and communities. I had great hopes for Sakai as an example that could lead us out of the fog, although I think those hopes have been effectively dashed by their lack of progress and success.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the need for open avenues for communications (reviews, etc.), but especially wish that we would start providing more of our own solutions.Barry Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284773671664980506noreply@blogger.com