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Re: [News] Adobe and MSBBC Continue to Snub Microsoft's #1 Rival (GNU/Linux)

____/ Homer on Thursday 17 April 2008 14:33 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
> 
>> I suspect that had the BBC spent its £130 millions on distributing
>> mythtv boxes around the UK, it would've been a far more effective use
>> of the money, than shovelling it at Microsoft to produce the iPlayer
>> proprietary P2P system, and eating ISP bandwidth which is *not* paid
>> for by the licence-fee.
> 
> Didn't Ashley "pack your bags" Highfield suggest using the Neuros OSD at
> one point? Not that it would've been much used to him, since it isn't a
> closed system and it doesn't support his beloved DRM.
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/ip_to_tv_your_comments.html

Neuros OSD gained some fame for an anti-DRM stance and logo.

That alone could make Microsoft's knees buckle.

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