Noah just dropped this little gem in an E-Mail on a list - I figured I would grab it and keep it forever.
I suppose I'm also trying to mention that "Sakai" is at least four things to us:
- A collaboration / learning system
- A framework for building collaborative tools
- A community of schools, affiliates, and generally cool/brilliant people
- A foundation of visionaries to steward 1-3
So, when someone asks "what can I do with Sakai?", the perspective is usually #1, but we shouldn't forget 2-4. In so many ways, we're like the Eclipse project, with a vibrant community around a set general tools for building really cool specific tools. Where we differ is that we have large-scale deployments with varied institutional contexts, where many of the end users are non-technical. That brings a whole new set of responsibilities and opportunities.
- Noah Botimer 16-Jan-2008
Posted by csev at January 16, 2008 12:26 PM