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- Rice had a deployment of Web CT that had some traction 4 years ago.
- The timing was right with the Sakai consortia, the purchase of Web CT by Blackboard and the desire for Rice to support an open source initiative. The catalyst for change was a proposed huge increase in licensing costs for Web CT.
- At the time of decision, Sakai was the only player in the open-source CMS market (Moodle hadn't come out yet).
- Rice has close peer relationships with some of the Sakai founding institutions.
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5) How frequently do you apply SAKAI patches?
Version upgrades are performed during the summer break. A few minor patches/upgrades are performed during the short winter break. We have a weekly maintenance window in which any small patches that are needed and have been tested are applied to the system. We use this maintenance window about once per month to install small patches.
6) Who provides you SAKAI maintenance and support?
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