Mark Kent wrote:
> William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ____/ Kier on Wednesday 24 October 2007 09:23 : \____
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:19:10 +0100, [H]omer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Interview with Mark Taylor, Pres. of UK Open Source Consortium, by
>>>>>> Sean Daly
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071021231933899
>>>>>
>>>>> Not only has MS annexed the Beeb, but they've contributed to it's
>>>>> virtual destruction (lay-offs, cutbacks, relocation). Microsoft is a
>>>>
>>>> Do you have *any* proof of thatr nonsense?
>>
>> I suppose he thinks that this waste of licence payers fees didn't
>> contribute to it either? As I posted before:-
>>
>> How much did they pay to M$ for iPlayer? I saw somewhere it was
>> approximately £200 million, though I can't find teh link ATM.
>>
>> There was £90million lost here:
>> http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2122369,00.html
>>
>> And how much was wasted here?
>> http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051166
>>
>> The BBC has a £2 *billion* shortfall in it's budget, & thus is making
>> cutbacks which include selling off the BBC Television Centre.
>> http://itn.co.uk/news/fbfadf1f215d2d4b1125c59163cfd804.html
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7050122.stm
>>
>> Now if Kier doesn't think those losses are a *huge* chunk out of the
>> BBC's budget.....or maybe he doesn't believe they *are* losses.
>>
>
> I don't think Kier wants to add it up. He's very very naive, and
> reminds me of the 3 monkeys (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil).
Yes, he comes over as incredibly naive. I stopped bothering to read him ages
ago, & only see replies to him now.
> Frankly, other than supporting proprietary software and the shilcosystem
> here, I've don't know why he's here.
Nor do I, frankly.
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