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The Chronicle: Too Close For

The Chronicle: Too Close For Comfort? Some experts fear that ties between Microsoft and Blackboard could diminish colleges' choices -- They are wondering whether Microsoft will increase its presence -- and power -- in academic computing and possibly limit their ability to choose among viable alternative software packages to run at their institutions. They're also concerned about whether they will have to allot more resources to support Blackboard software run on the Microsoft Windows platform, and whether they will have to pay more for the services they use.

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