Why is IU involved in the Sakai Project?
Indiana University has developed a number of local systems that have served the university well. IU had the flexibility to change these local systems as needed, but it also had to pay for all ongoing maintenance and upgrade costs. The Sakai Project software will allow IU to maintain flexibility to make changes as needed to the open-source Sakai software, but IU can also share the maintenance and upgrade costs with the other universities. In sum, IU gets a better cost of ownership while still being able to innovate for the needs of IU students, faculty and staff.
