[H]omer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ____/ Kier on Wednesday 24 October 2007 11:09 : \____
>
>>> It's time to stop blaming MS for everything
>
> Another fine post from Kier the "Linux advocate", who spends his time
> feeding the Trolls, and apologising for Microsoft and its supporters.
>
> Well congratulations, you are no longer simply a Troll feeder IMO, you
> are now an actual Troll. If you are so in love with Sweaty Ballmer and
> his violently destructive company, then why don't you piss off to
> Windows la-la land, and stop criticising every damn word that anyone
> dares to use against the Microsoft crime syndicate?
>
> Go on, let's hear some more apologies and excuses for Microsoft. It's
> what you're good at.
>
>> Again, first-class corruption. Microsoft is part of a phenomenon and
>> a pattern. It is not *the* problem, but /part/ of the problem. Being
>> part of the problem is still being a problem, no matter how you think
>> about it.
>
> £130 Million pounds of taxpayers' money wasted on unnecessary Microsoft
> technology, and hiring senior ex-Microsoft employees to pervert the BBC
> media infrastructure, would be major contributing factors.
Twice that amount, I believe. It would seem that at *least* £280million has
been handed to M$, for one thing or another.
Put into context, the annual BBC3 budget is £93.4 million, & BBC4 is £46.8
million. Just imagine the programs they could have made for BBC1 & 2 with
that £280 million they squandered.
According to 2006 figures, the BBC had a £4.5 billion budget from licence
fees *alone*. In 2007 it's estimated to be £4.68 billion. It *also* gets
revenue from its commercial subsidiary BBC Worldwide.
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