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...
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