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yeah that is mentioned above. Joule is a layer owned by Moodlerooms which is their flagship product. Moodle is still the foundation of what they host and sell as a service but with the development of joule they did start down a proprietary model (similar to Bb's) several years ago.
Acquisitions happen. In the case of Moodlerooms, they are venture backed so there was an exit strategy somewhere (now it's codified, much to the delight of their investors).
Blackboard can buy and buy and buy, but now they have a much larger community to try and navigate. As Audrey Watters said in her post [<a href="http://www.hackeducation.com/2012/03/26/blackboard-moodlerooms-open-washing" target="blank">www.hackeducation.com/2012/03/26/blackboard-moodlerooms-open-washing</a>] "you can't acquire community"