Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ William Poaster on Sunday 06 January 2008 23:57 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 31 December 2007 00:49 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 December 2007 23:25 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>> The millions spent on the Microsoft iPlayer
>>>>>
>>>>> Hundreds of millions. Don't ask me *how*. The money funnel is a funny
>>>>> thing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We could really do with one of the ITV companies restarting Panorama and
>>>> investigating this properly. It seems very likely that laws could have
>>>> been broken here.
>>>
>>> Well, Microsoft is involved, so if history is anything to go by, crime is
>>> a routine thing. Does ITV has any direct or indirect financial
>>> relationship wit Microsoft (I'm thinking along the lines of Bildenberg:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXqj9epGEas )
>>
>> As an aside, (although it involves M$ the BBC & Siemens) I found this in a
>> UK tv group: BBC Scotland's Digital Fiasco As Computers Crash
>>
> http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/01/06/bbc-scotland-s-digital-fiasco-as-computers-crash-78057-20276338/
>> or
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/327byb
>>
>> M$(What didn't you want to watch today)BBCSeimens
>>
>
> Didn't the BBC and Siemens have some funny business going on (lots of this type
> of stuff in the BCC recently).
>
> MPs rap BBC over Siemens deal
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| But public spending watchdog the PAC said BBC executives misled the board
>| of governors about possible savings while trying to convince them to give
>| the deal the go-ahead.
>|
>| The committee of MPs found £60m of costs was excluded when budgets were
>| put to the governors for approval.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| The PAC said the BBC was failing to manage the contract properly.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| The report suggests the BBC should open up its accounts to government
>| officials for proper scrutiny.
> `---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/pac_bbc_siemens/
>
>
> Then again, look what company the BBC is dealing with:
This was part of the problem with this deal. Probably Siemens should
never have been involved in the first place. I suspect that this is
also part of the not-quite-dead-yet MBA thinking that technology
expertise is interchangable at the drop of a hat, but you need to make
sure that people you employ are really /nice/.
They're finding out the truth, the hard way, but expect the nice,
therapied, technologically inept people to spin a false tale for as long
as they can get away with it.
>
> Siemens stained by multimillion bribery scandal
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Hacks there have seen a ruling by a German court which named telco ministers
>| in these countries as the lucky recipients of 77 bribes worth an estimated 12
>| million Euro.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/16/siemens-shelled-millions
>
>
> BMW and Siemens Welcome Interoperability Benefits of Microsoft-Novell Agreement
> ^^^^^^^
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| For Siemens, the agreement will support the Siemens operating company through
>| the work of the ISEC subsidiary of Siemens Enterprise Communications, which
>| is responsible for customer software application development and management
>| worldwide. Due to the large quantity of current and legacy Linux
>| applications in customer environments, Siemens has significant need for
>| Windows and Linux platform compatibility.
> `----
>
> http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU06711092007-1.htm
>
>
> Bribery scandal: Siemens fined 201 million euros
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| All in all payments of about 450 million euros in the Com division had been
>| classified as non-tax-deductible, Siemens declared.
> `----
>
> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/96999/from/rss09
>
> Oh, well. It figures.
>
>
> BBC Corrupted
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Today the BBC made it official -- they have been corrupted by Microsoft. With
>| today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most basic of
>| duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line distribution
>| of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating
>| system to view BBC programming on the web. This is akin to saying you must
>| own a Sony TV set to watch BBC TV. And you must accept the Digital
>| Restrictions Management (DRM) that the iPlayer imposes. You simply cannot be
>| allowed to be in control of your computer according to the BBC.
> `----
>
> http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
>
>
> BBC iPlayer Protests
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Who are the people responsible for creating this mess?
>|
>| * Mark Thompson, BBC director general (DG)
>| * Erik Huggers, group controller at BBC Future Media & Technology
>| * Ashley Highfield, director of new media and technology
>|
>| Right now, there is very considerable concern within the BBC that the actions
>| of the Director General and his team are sending the corporation in the wrong
>| direction. The BBC has been embroiled in a number of recent controversies,
>| all linked back to the DG's leadership.
> `----
>
> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest
>
>
> Mind the fact that the BBC does business with another company that regularly
> engages in fraud, e.g.:
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
>| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
>| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with ?marketing help?
>| to get them to choose Windows.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
>
>
> Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices For 7 Days
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "We have twice requested balances, payment reports and complete tax
>| information, but the company hasn't given it to us, so in accordance with our
>| laws we have proceeded with the closure," the SRI official in charge of the
>| proceeding said.
> `----
>
> http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200710041610DOWJONESDJONLINE000810_FORTUNE5.htm
>
>
> Microsoft Office raid in Hungary
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "Such behavior could lead to the exclusion of competitive products from
>| the market and violate European Union rules, according to the authority
>| known as the GVH."
> `----
>
> http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3957835.html
>
>
> Evidence of Microsoft Influencing OOXML Votes in Nordic States
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "This is how a standard is bought," Bosson wrote later. "I left the meeting
>| in protest - pissed off."
> `----
>
> http://www.betanews.com/article/Evidence_of_Microsoft_Influencing_OOXML_Votes_in_Nordic_States/1188335569
>
>
> Insider Trading Hasn't Affect Microsoft Stock - Yet
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| MarketWatch.com reports that Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's
>| Entertainment and Devices division, sold $6.2 million of Microsoft
>| stock just prior to announcing that Microsoft was going to have to
>| extend XBox 360 warranties to three years because of extensive
>| failures. The filings note that this was not part of any
>| scheduled diversification or selling program; this was a
>| conscious, unscheduled sale by the guy in charge of releasing
>| news that could affect the value of Microsoft stock.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| Insider trading is a very serious violation of the law; just
>| ask Martha Stewart, who served five months in prison for
>| avoiding losses of $43,000 through trades that just had suspicious
>| timing (no insider trading was actually proven). This is $6.3
>| million that went straight into Robbie Bach's pocket.
> `----
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070713/40947_id.html?.v=1
>
>
> Microsoft exec dumped stock prior to Red Ring announcement
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| To make matters more murky, the sales were not registered with the Securities
>| and Exchange Commission within the mandatory two days of the transaction, a
>| result of an alleged "administrative error." Microsoft has since remedied the
>| issue by following the "procedures required of late-filers."
> `----
>
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/08/14/microsoft-exec-dumped-stocks-prior-to-red-ring-addresment
>
>
> Microsoft's Bach sold more stock before Xbox news
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Microsoft Corp. executive Robbie Bach sold $3 million more in company stock
>| during the period leading up to an announcement about a costly flaw in its
>| Xbox video game console than previously reported, according to a filing
>| Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
> `----
>
> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsofts-bach-sold-additional-stock/story.aspx?guid=%7BBECA3A50-EF33-4161-A111-A43BDC8B0462%7D&siteid=yhoof
>
>
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