7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Tuning In to Microsoft Silverlight for Olympic Gold
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| It's also serving notice that Microsoft wants to be one of the
>>>| major "channels" for Internet television.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2246127,00.asp
>>>
>>
>> Once upon a time, the Olympic Games, like Rugby Union, were a
>> celebration amateur sport, constrasting strongly with the football world
>> cup, which was the personification of professional sport. Over the last
>> few years, the Olympics have become a celebration of commercial
>> activity, completely losing the ethos of amateur sport.
>>
>> If anyone is dumb enough to have Microsoft be the "official" channel for
>> internet television, then Microsoft will merely exclude anyone not using
>> Windows Vista, exactly as the have with the Microsoft Silverlight/BBC
>> iPlayer.
>
>
> Even better - arrange alternative olympic event and allow open sourcers
> to host the televising and streaming and let those who are disatisfied with
> over commercialised olympics to participate in this more free olympics.
>
What a fascinating idea... I don't know how the initial image capture
would be achieved, though, without some public service broadcaster being
involved, but maybe the money could be found...
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