Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Pic Of The Day: Ubuntu Installfest
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The BBC's George Wright and Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon offered to
>| install the OS on a laptop for Ashley to take home and experiment with. We're
>| hoping that both George and Ashley will be posting about the experience.
> `----
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/pic_of_the_day_ubuntu_installf.html
>
> Just a PR stunt (of course), but nonetheless, the MSBBC seems to be feeling the
> heat. They also try a PR stunt with Neuros.
>
This is certainly a big step in the right direction. Perhaps if Mr
Highfield really tries this with an open mind, he will find that Ubuntu
is, as we all know, a very very well engineered distribution, and that
the BBC's support of it, by using Microsoft at huge expense, is
appalling. Personally, I think he'll be covering his arse, and will
come back with a lot of "faint praise" (great for damning things), and a
claim that the flash version is "really good" or some such.
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