____/ Kier on Monday 24 December 2007 09:44 : \____
> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:44:36 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Kier on Sunday 23 December 2007 22:03 : \____
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:14:13 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ____/ Kier on Sunday 23 December 2007 14:43 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:41:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ____/ Kier on Sunday 23 December 2007 00:21 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:07:35 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Look what has _just entered_ the BBC RSS feeds, just in time for the
>>>>>>>>> holidays.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Video: Under the bonnet of Vista
>>>>>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6312833.stm
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That comes a week after publishing Gates' drivel about a
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft-funded study.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's not even news any more. The MSBBC has officially become just
>>>>>>>> another division of Microsoft.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, it hasn't. You should step back and take off the tinfoil hat, man.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's equally bad in France (which Microsoft 'bought'). I'll publish
>>>>>> something within a few days).
>>>>>
>>>>> I said take *off* the tinfoil hat, not add another layer :-) Seriously.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzlTjhGxr7Y
>>>>
>>>> Of course, it's easy to just live like Alice in Wonderland. It makes life
>>>> happier.
>>>
>>> You need to take a break. The Beeb may have its faults, but 'MSBBC' it is
>>> not.
>>
>> They are not /combined/. Of course not. That's just an exaggeration.
>>
>> However, it remains very clear that there is influence that is not to be
>> tolerated in a channel (or entire corporation) that strives to inform, not
>> advertise in disguise.
>
> If they talked about Linux, would that be advertising?
There are (at least) two things to consider here. Let's just use two examples:
1. BBC as an agent for a monopoly - the BBC promotes the use of Windows with
iPlayer (and possibly with Silverlight to come).
2. The BBC is influenced by a collaboration that involves inter-personal
relationship. As employee of one company liaise with those of another, it's
expected that there will be bias and selective awareness. The BBC rarely
coveres GNU/Linux, _despite_ the fact that it dominates supercomputers,
devices and it is also the fastest-growing platform in servers, mainframes,
and even desktops (if three independent surveys from this year are anything to
judge by).
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