Summary: Blackboard plugs children to Microsoft's big database, which can also learn about their habits

Blackboard and Microsoft are similar not just with "embrace and extend" of Free software, but also with the monopoly and the abuse of competitors using software patents [1, 2, 3].

In recent days we warned that Blackboard -- like Microsoft -- was trying to subsume Free software and according to the following new press release, Blackboard and Microsoft also sort of conspire against Google.

Blackboard and Microsoft have joined forces to offer students access to information from their online courses on Web browsers.

Given the financial ties between this pair [1, 2, 3, 4], the alliance should not be surprising. Children and young adults should not be exposed to Microsoft lies. ⬆