____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 20 January 2008 12:05 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Kier on Saturday 19 January 2008 18:08 : \____
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:01:41 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 19 January 2008 08:43 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:26:21 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The worst bit was the DG actually lying about the capabilities of the
>>>>>>> Silverlight/iPlayer to an MP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm a big fan of the parliamentary system -- but I suppose there will be
>>>>>> no shouting matches over this :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a really good question as to where this will go next. It might be
>>>>> that the MP's committee was enough pressure on the DG to force
>>>>> resolution of the issues; and there is some evidence that this is so.
>>>>> The newest recruit into the ex-Microsoft's Mr Huggers' department is an
>>>>> Apache programmer and free software person, so there is clearly an
>>>>> intent to clean things up a little. I suspect that this was the price
>>>>> for Mr Huggers to keep his job.
>>>>
>>>> It's actually the Groklaw readership which caught this recruitment nugget
>>>> and had it publicised. It's far from over. Expect some BBC grilling in
>>>> Groklaw very shortly. The next SCO?
>>>
>>> Don't be idiotic.
>>
>> I was joking. Bad humours, I'll admit...
>>
>
> Actually, the Register article you posted shows that you are likely to
> be correct. But please, stop responding to Kier's abuse...
No, I don't need civil wars. Kier is still quite civil and combatting each
other is just what the trolls want (Kier feeds the trolls very often, but he
is not a troll *LOL*).
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