I find that AIF funded projects tend to use brute force, basically just throw a ton of cash and expect results.

6 years is a long time in IT years. And some of the research items such as DDRM and Automated Metadata Extraction were already being developped before 2004. These sound like items from EduSource and Mosaic Technologies projects.

Will this be another case of "too little, too late".

I think that IRAP projects are a better use of funds than the AIF projects. You can get a lot done for $50,000 in a well managed NRC-IRAP project.

AIF funds could have been more effective had they been used to encourage the development of an Atlantic Canada company or companies.

With research, smaller often means better.

Well atleast the monies didn't go to blackboard..lol