____/ Kier on Monday 19 November 2007 09:19 : \____
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:21:31 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> I wonder if Ashley Highfield's "there are only 400-600 Linux users in the
>> MSBBC
>
> I think you should stop with the 'MSBBC' bullshit *now*, Roy, it's
> starting to get tedious, as well as being wrong.
You're right, Kier. The BBC is just as honest as the rest of the industry.
Right?
MPs rap BBC over Siemens deal
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| But public spending watchdog the PAC said BBC executives misled the board
| of governors about possible savings while trying to convince them to give
| the deal the go-ahead.
|
| The committee of MPs found £60m of costs was excluded when budgets were
| put to the governors for approval.
|
| [...]
|
| The PAC said the BBC was failing to manage the contract properly.
|
| [...]
|
| The report suggests the BBC should open up its accounts to government
| officials for proper scrutiny.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/pac_bbc_siemens/
3 days ago:
Siemens stained by multimillion bribery scandal
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| Hacks there have seen a ruling by a German court which named telco ministers
| in these countries as the lucky recipients of 77 bribes worth an estimated 12
| million Euro.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/16/siemens-shelled-millions
Well, well, well...
BMW and Siemens Welcome Interoperability Benefits of Microsoft-Novell Agreement
^^^^^^^
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| For Siemens, the agreement will support the Siemens operating company through
| the work of the ISEC subsidiary of Siemens Enterprise Communications, which
| is responsible for customer software application development and management
| worldwide. Due to the large quantity of current and legacy Linux
| applications in customer environments, Siemens has significant need for
| Windows and Linux platform compatibility.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU06711092007-1.htm
Ouch!
Bribery scandal: Siemens fined 201 million euros
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| All in all payments of about 450 million euros in the Com division had been
| classified as non-tax-deductible, Siemens declared.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/96999/from/rss09
Getting back to the point:
BBC iPlayer Protests
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| Who are the people responsible for creating this mess?
|
| * Mark Thompson, BBC director general (DG)
| * Erik Huggers, group controller at BBC Future Media & Technology
| * Ashley Highfield, director of new media and technology
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest
Erik Huggers and Ashley Highfield are former employees of the abusive (and
convicted) monopolist. Shock! Horror!
Look what happened just a week ago:
Samsung bribery scandal embroils politicians
,----[ Quote ]
| SAMSUNG IS bracing itself for an investigation into allegations of bribery
| and corruption that go to the heart of the Korean government.
|
| [...]
|
| According to AFP, Kim says he saw a bribery list kept in a secret vault in
| Samsung's headquarters.
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/13/samsung-bribery-scandal
2 weeks ago:
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| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help”
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| to get them to choose Windows.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
In the past few months alone:
Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices For 7 Days
,----[ Quote ]
| "We have twice requested balances, payment reports and complete tax
| information, but the company hasn't given it to us, so in accordance with our
| laws we have proceeded with the closure," the SRI official in charge of the
| proceeding said.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200710041610DOWJONESDJONLINE000810_FORTUNE5.htm
Microsoft Office raid in Hungary
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| "Such behavior could lead to the exclusion of competitive products from
| the market and violate European Union rules, according to the authority
| known as the GVH."
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3957835.html
Evidence of Microsoft Influencing OOXML Votes in Nordic States
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| "This is how a standard is bought," Bosson wrote later. "I left the meeting
| in protest - pissed off."
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Evidence_of_Microsoft_Influencing_OOXML_Votes_in_Nordic_States/1188335569
Anyway, I lost track of my main point. As I said at the start, "the BBC is just
as honest as the rest of the industry."
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