Tim Harrison wrote:
> Does that not boil down to whether you wish to use a commercial
backend
> database (such as Oracle, MS SQL Server) or an open source one (such
as
> MySQL)?
...
> I understood that one of Moodle's strengths was
> that it could be adapted to use any SQL system.
Moodle can authenticate users against pretty much any database, which
presupposes you have one in place for your MIS, but it does not offer
native support to databases other than MySQL and PostgreSQL. Although
there is a patch to run Moodle 1.4.3+ and 1.4.4 on a MSSQL backend
(http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=22708) you would have to have
a really good reason not to just use PG or mySQL as they will work
better "out of the box" and there is no lag catching up with version
increments.
A subtle advantage of the Moodle built-in chat and messaging systems is
that they rely on "client-pull" rather than "server-push"; while this is
not technical nirvana it means it is likely to work across the
locked-down systems and firewalls that you are likely to encounter in an
educational institution.
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