Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> BBC Trust to hear open sourcers' iPlayer gripes
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The BBC Trust has asked to meet open source advocates to discuss their
>| complaints over the corporation's Windows-only on demand broadband TV
>| service, iPlayer.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| Before the trust got in touch on Wednesday, OSC CEO Rick Timmis
>| said: "Everything we've done in the trust's direction has fallen on deaf
>| ears. They've completely ignored us."
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/12/bbc_osc_meeting/
>
> Open Tuesday addresses document standards
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| As Bailey emphasised, the issue at stake is not one of fighting against
>| Microsoft, but rather fighting for the rights of the user to be able to
>| access documents without them becoming obsolete.
>|
>| Among those attendees were some other members of the committee and something
>| of a strategy meeting developed, with ideas being shared as to how best to
>| obtain community input.
>|
>| What emerged was that bombarding the SABS with petitions would not benefit
>| the cause and would merely further irritate those involved.
> `----
>
> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1628
Interesting - people taking action to ensure that their requirements are
met by politicians is now a bad thing? Wow. Welcome to the world of
totalitarian regimes - thanks Mr Orwell!
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