This is rather tightly tying the idea that SaaS and Web Applications are the same thing. It could be argued that all web applications are a SaaS product (because of their multi-tenant nature or whatnot) though I think this depends on a number of other factors. Not all SaaS products are a web application. Maybe they are a web service, for example, purely producing data with no front end web application at all. I could imagine, for example, an undergrad creating a SaaS platform for distributing college basketball scores during march madness in the US, but with no front end at all.
So, to echo what others have said, why restrict students to certain platforms?
So, to echo what others have said, why restrict students to certain platforms?