____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 10 November 2007 22:43 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> iPlayer: BBC DOES Want Open Platform: OSC
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Open Source Consortium (OSC) last night, directly after his meeting with
>>| the BBC to discuss opening-up the iPlayer to run on more platforms than
>>| just the Microsoft browser.
>>|
>>| It appears that the meetings were positive and boiled down to two points,
>>| the BBC feels they haven?t communicated their desires for iPlayer properly
>>| and that they want the iPlayer to run on an open platform.
>>|
>>| You?ll be aware that we?ve been following the journey of the BBC iPlayer
>>| since 2003 (then the iMP) and you may want to have a listen to our last
>>| interview with Mark, that was directly after the OSC meeting with the BBC
>>| Trust, to set the context for the latest BBC meeting.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/11/07/iplayer-bbc-does-want-open-platform-osc/
>>
>
> They're sort of getting there, but I'm not sure I'd call the Microsoft
> browser a "platform" myself. Have they really got the point here?
This is just diplomacy. There are two faces in the OSC. One wants to protest
and one negotiates. A protest without a solution isn't a productive one, so...
I think it's reverse psychlogy in a sense (I'm not sure it's the right term to
use on this context). It's used to pressure NVIDIA as well.
"NVIDIA really like Linux"
"NVIDIA mentioned open source yesterday"
"Open source NVIDIA drivers are just a matter of time"
"I predict that NVIDIA will go open next year"
"An NVIDIA executive says he loves (and used) Linux"
If you repeat this often enough, then you create expectation and then action
might follow.
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