____/ Mark Kent on Monday 29 October 2007 14:40 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 29 October 2007 10:23 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Kier on Sunday 28 October 2007 01:15 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:16:06 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ____/ 7 on Saturday 27 October 2007 22:21 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Found this on uk.comp.os.linux
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'The first time the BBC has included Linux in its Polls - don't waste
>>>>>>> your vote!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It took some protest for them to even include a Linux option. Perhaps
>>>>>> the MSBBC tries to pretend it does not exist.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or maybe the 'MSBBC' doesn't exist. Stop being so stupid, Roy. The BBC
>>>>> knows quite well that Linux exists, and has reported on it many times.
>>>>>
>>>> Actually, Linux has reported the MSBBC... to the European Commission.
>>>> There is first-class corruption going on there. It is a misuse of the
>>>> system and it must be stopped ASAP. Money continues to be funnelled to
>>>> criminals (yes, it's a crime).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll talk to Mark Taylor on Wednesday about whether we can investigate
>>> how the BBC did their ITT. If they didn't go to tender, they have
>>> almost certainly broken EU law, and risk enormous fines at least, and
>>> perhaps more.
>>
>> The BBC is aware of this. At the moment, the BBC execs makes promises and
>> pray they can run away.
>>
>
> All the more reason to keep asking the questions, then. There
> absolutely should have been a tender for this - so lets see a nice big
> juicy fine, *or*, since this is public money (like mine, yours, kier's,
> homer's and so on), then how about seeing some people sacked. I'm sure
> that they could go back to work for Microsoft.
Ashley Highfield has just done an audio interview (BBC blogs, IIRC). Quite
defensive. DRM, iPlayer, the whole mess... and the spin (remember it's the
MSBBC that had him interviewed, so he had a powwow, he wasn't 'grilled').
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