____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 05 September 2007 09:31 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:35 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 04 September 2007 14:22 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 04 September 2007 12:08 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>>> And Ashley Highfield believes that Microsoft will write a linux
>>>>>>> version of the Microsoft iPlayer?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, now he just escapes the question by saying something like "I
>>>>>> believe in universality, but..."
>>>>>
>>>>> "...I believe in money and corruption even more."?
>>>>
>>>> He must have said that off line or off camera. Maybe he'd say something
>>>> like
>>>>
>>>> "...but I have a wife and 3 children to feed".
>>>>
>>>> Perfect excuse for criminals.
>>>>
>>>
>>> As £130 Million has made its way to Microsoft, I wonder if any has been
>>> making it /back/ to the trustees and Mr Highfield? Is there financial
>>> corruption going on here?
>>
>> Probably. That's how OOXML/ISO fiasco worked as well. Microsoft sends
>> E-mails to third-world country asking them to E-mail ISO with a last-minute
>> vote on OOMXL (guess in whose favour). In return...
>>
>
> There must be some reason why Ashley Highfield would be deliberately
> choosing to back a system which is never likely to work with anything
> other than a particular flavour of Microsoft's operating system. We
> really are left with incompetence (so sack him) or corrruption (sack him
> and prosecute).
One person whom I can't name is looking into this. There's apparently a broader
plan. Why should Brits be urged to ditch Windows 2000 to access content thet
have already paid for?
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