OSS Not Ready for Prime Time in Education?

cel4145 writes "Inside Higher Ed reports that the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness has released a new study, The State of Open Source Software. Is it true that open source is 'not quite ready for prime time' in education? Or, as I suspect, is the study just another proprietary software vendor funded report for discouraging the adoption of open source software?" From the article: "Lack of vendor support is one of the largest hurdles limiting the adoption of open source in higher education, Abel said. 'The biggest thing is it takes more physical labor to implement open source because it isn't pre-packaged,' Abel said. "You have to have software developers that can make this stuff work.'" Are the staffing issues associated with OSS enough to outweigh the benefits?

'Higher Education', indeed.

[TripMaster Monkey]

From the page [a-hec.org] from A-HEC's website cited in the summary, the title reads:

A-HEC Thwe State of Open Source Software in Higher Education

Glancing further down the page, we see this gem:

Subscribe to the A-HEC Alliance!

So we are to subscribe to the The Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness Alliance?

A-HEC might want to get all their ducks in a row before lecturing to us about 'higher education'...

See! Mac Zealots are godless whiners !!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I suspect they are responsible for the lack of good shows on TV, also.

Re:'Higher Education', indeed.

[replicant108]

This is also amusing: "The biggest thing is it takes more physical labor to implement open source because it isn't pre-packaged"

I wonder what kind of physical labor he is thinking of?

Perhaps this is this some new kind of FUD...

"Don't use open source kids - you might damage your back!"