Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> BBC Trust backs calls for Linux iPlayer
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| OSC president Mark Taylor told The Register: "We are very pleased with what
>| was a very positive meeting. The trust was keen to remind us of the BBC's
>| commitment to platform neutrality in general and its commitment to making the
>| iPlayer equally platform neutral. But they were unable to explain how this
>| was going to happen."
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/25/bbc_iplayer_linux_macosx/
>
> Microsoft needs DRM to survive for longer. Ashley Highfield will fight for DRM,
> too.
>
The BBC in general, and Ashley Highfield in particular, have zero
control over what Microsoft will do with the Microsoft iPlayer. I bet
the BBC don't even have rights to the source code, do they? What bunch
of fools.
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