On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:24:27 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
> William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:59:51 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>> UK open source policy institute to open next week
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | The National Open Centre (NOC) holds its official launch at the
>>>> | Houses of Parliament on 26 February.
>>>> |
>>>> | The NOC said the centre will help the UK to benefit from open source
>>>> | and open standards by developing strategic analysis and policy,
>>>> | clarifying opportunities and fostering innovation.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/19/221923/uk-open-source-policy-institute-to-open-next-week.htm
>>>
>>> "IBM, the BBC, and the Cabinet Office are among the organisations
>>> supporting the NOC launch."
>>>
>>> Good.
>>>
>>> It's about time the BBC did something other than promote Microsoft.
>>
>> Absolutely! Might start calling it the "British Broadcasting MicroSoft
>> Corporation".
>>
>>
> Indeed. The BBC are very large, though, and have a number of people who
> are very pro-Open Source. Keep in mind their ogg trial for radio
> streaming, and the Dirac codec for video streaming. It would appear that
> the techy people internally have lost battle with their senior folks who
> are being advised by Microsoft and other bodies who just want to take some
> of the BBC's money.
Yes, & it's quite likely that "their senior folks" aren't tech people &
haven't got the FFC about what's going on, & perhaps think "It's M$, it
must be ok".
> That doesn't mean that the war is lost, far from it, in my view.
We'll have to see, I suppose. But once M$ get their foot in the door...
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*can* tell the difference between their arse
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