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I hate to be Donald Downer but ... it's not done, yet.

' close to finishing the core version '

'expects to begin testing its openStudent software in elementary schools this spring, with a full launch to follow in 2014. An advanced version for middle and high schools is slated to roll out in 2015.'

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True but I have a lot more faith in a tightly integrated 8 person team than some off the shelf bloat-ware customization project.

As Do I, it sounds like they are partially doing this to prove a point, which means they'll likely find a way to go through with it.

As would I.

I don't assume they _are_ tightly integrated - all the article claims is 'eight people'.

These could be crack coders. Or they could be '1 guy who kinda knows VB and 7 people learning OJT'.

Just to clarify our staff consists of myself (IT Director for the Saanich SD) - I am the project lead/sponsor for the district. The eight people include: project manager, product tester/quality assurance, stakeholder business analyst and 5 strong Java programmers, including one developer who is one of the original creators of the PostgresQL database.

gregg

Fascinating - thanks for the update.

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