Blackboard knows how to do enterprise sales. I'm not sure Google does. Until then, Blackboard's not going anywhere.
Google should acquire blackboard, keep their sales, fire their engineering.
Google should acquire blackboard, keep their sales, fire their engineering.
single sales rep in 5 years.
Look, a great consumer product like google.com can spread virally. But enterprise requires a very focused and elaborate sales effort.
What exactly do you mean when you say "universities"? There is the IT dept, the students, the staff, the budgeting people--each with their own motivations. My experience has been that Blackboard has the IT depts. and the budgeting people across the schools in their pocket. The only people that hate Blackboard are students and professors. Unfortunately they dont seem to have much pull or motivation to force a change.
There are good and even free alternatives to Blackboard but that's not enough to kill or even injure blackboard.