____/ Mark Kent on Friday 22 February 2008 17:29 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 22 February 2008 14:33 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> BBC partner in 'future of net TV' project
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| George Wright, executive producer of the BBC's rapid development unit,
>>>>| said "We're aiming to build Mac, Windows and GNU/Linux clients, as well
>>>>| as a dedicated hardware set top box client, to allow us to deliver the
>>>>| core technical goals: an open standards-based 'next-generation' internet
>>>>| television distribution system, using P2P and social interaction."
>>>>|
>>>>| [...]
>>>>|
>>>>| Wright, on the BBC's internet blog, emphasised that the technology would
>>>>| not be replacing the iPlayer any time soon: "This isn't yet a project
>>>>| that TV viewers will see and it's never going to replace the BBC's
>>>>| consumer offerings; it's a test bed for new ideas, allowing us to
>>>>| collaborate with colleagues across Europe, and to hone and develop
>>>>| technology which could help shape the TV of tomorrow."
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a89772/bbc-partner-in-future-of-net-tv-project.html
>>>>
>>>> BBC - a little Linux compatible. Like just a little pregnant.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Presumably, this is to get the heat off the BBC, as they begin to
>>> realise that Microsoft lied to them about providing a Linux client for
>>> the Microsoft iPlayer...
>>
>> I've received some more information about this. The BBC is walking miles and
>> miles just to pretend that it's all cuddly with 'open-source'. Those who
>> made this mistake are in serious trouble and apparently they realise this,
>> so don't let this fool you.
>>
>
> I *know* that Microsoft will never produce a viable iPlayer, even if
> Ashley Highfield and Eric Huggers spend yet another £130 million with
> them, it won't work, because Microsoft will see this as shooting
> themselves.
>
> Even if they were to produce some kind of player, it would be
> binary-only, and so tied to a particular distribution, say, Novell and
> mono, that it would be unusable. In the days before Ubuntu, they
> might've got away with that, but no longer, I think.
>
> The BBC were conned.
There was a headline in BoingBoing yesterday. Something like "library of
congress sold to Microsoft for only $3 mil". No Silverlight, no national
assets...
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