____/ Mark Kent on Friday 18 January 2008 10:29 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Dirk-Willem van Gulik appointed BBC Future Media & Technology Chief
>> Technical Architect
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Erik Huggers, BBC Future Media and Technology Group Controller, has
>>| appointed Dirk-Willem van Gulik as the division's Chief Technical
>>| Architect.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Dirk-Willem is a recognised contributor to the Open Source Community and
>>| has been a board member of the Apache Software Foundation since its
>>| inception.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/01_january/17/gulik.shtml
>>
>> Erik Huggers defended Microsoft's abuses with Windows Media Player before
>> joining the BBC (now known as MSBBC). They seem to be trying to hide what
>> has really happened, which put their jobs in jeopardy.
>>
>> Quote for the day:
>>
>> "I am convinced we have to use Windows ? this is the one thing they don?t
>> have. We have to be competitive with features, but we need something more ?
>> Windows integration."
>>
>> --Jim Allchin, Microsoft
>
> I think we can claim a massive victory here. The ex-Microsoft Mr
> Huggers spent over £100 millions with Microsoft for something which
> didn't work, the flash version was developed in weeks on a tiny budget,
> and the BBC has begun to recruit open-source people into Mr Hugger's
> area. Presumably this is how he's trying to keep his job...
I've just seen a report claiming that they consider Neuros as a set-top box (it
plays Flash/YouTube). Just a publicity stunt? Ashley's photo was attached to
it.
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