____/ 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...
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