Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 29 July 2007 12:13 : \____
>
>> ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> From: Matt Lee
>>>
>>> Today the BBC made it official -- they have been corrupted by Microsoft.
>>> With today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most
>>> basic of duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line
>>> distribution of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a
>>> Microsoft operating system to view BBC programming on the web.
>>>
>>> ****** http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted *******
>>>
>>> Please Digg: http://tinyurl.com/3dzo57
>>>
>>> Please Reddit: http://reddit.com/info/2a0qt/
>>>
>>> Also, if you're in the North of England and would be interested in a
>>> potential protest at BBC Manchester on the same day, please considering
>>> joining 'Manchester Free Software'. As you may know, the BBC is soon to
>>> move large amounts of its London operations to Manchester and Salford.
>>>
>>> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester
>>>
>>> If you're a British citizen or resident, you can also sign this
>>> petition:- http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/
>>>
>>> You can also leave comments about the service, and demand a service that
>>> works on free software systems, such as GNU/Linux, on the BBC iPlayer
>>> Messageboard - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbiplayer/F7357542
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> matt
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Matt Lee - Free Software Foundation/GNU Project
>>>
>>
>> I just went to the bbc messageboard site, but I can't sign-in using
>> Lynx.
>>
>> Some fool was questioning why someone who spent time in Spain would have
>> a BBC licence, and, amazingly, saying it was "just a trial" so it's okay
>> to only serve Microsoft customers using the Microsoft iPlayer.
>>
>> The message was so badly spelt and constructed that I suspect he's not
>> even been paid to post it.
>
> Have you seen the reviews? They are abysmal, just like the player (even if you
> have XP SP2+IE+WMP to actually **use** the darn blob, which tax money bought
> from a convicted monopoly abuser).
>
Microsoft do /not/ write good software. I'm not sure that they ever
have done. Afairc, the only good code has been that which they've
bought-in.
The decision to waste licence-payer's money paying Microsoft to develop
code which could very easily have been done by capable local or foreign
people in a platform agnostic way is one for which heads should role.
I'm assuming that Ashley Highfield is at the centre of this, but it also
appears that the BBC Trust should be dissolved, and that Alistair
Faquarson also should be removed from the National Archives, as he is
clearly not pro-open-standards, which is not a position an archivist
should even /contemplate/ taking.
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