D’Arcy notes that Blackboard and WebCT are merging. I too, am a little worried about this.

A university that I contract for is nearing the final stages of upgrading our current WebCT CE system to WebCT Vista. I am very impressed with Vista so far, and I think that the competition between BB and WebCT for the LMS market has made both stronger products. I don’t want to see that stop. I can only hope that the combined companies continue to innovate in this space.

I’m happy to hear that both brands will be around a while longer, I would hate for us to finish rolling out Vista to 18,000 students only to have it be made obsolete…