____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 January 2008 10:59 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 January 2008 08:03 : \____
>>
>>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>> The point remains that Microsoft have never had any intention of
>>>>> making Silverlight/iPlayer functional on anything other than Windows.
>>>>> After spending £100 million of licence-fee payer's cash, even the
>>>>> BBC DG was lying to MPs about this, although later claimed an
>>>>> "error".
>>>>
>>>> Moonlight is little more than a hack on Silverlight, and will likely
>>>> never have full Silverlight functionality due to licensing and patent
>>>> restrictions. Therefore the possibility of implementing a version of
>>>> iPlayer on GNU/Linux is very slim indeed, particularly as the Microsoft
>>>> DRM infrastructure needed for the "protected" content is unlikely to
>>>> ever be developed for Linux either.
>>>>
>>>> I found a reliable source for the £100 Million figure, by the way:
>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/12/20/dlbbc120.xml
>>>>
>>>> The "lie" that Thomson made was actually WRT the capabilites of the
>>>> iPlayer "you can do that [download content] now". The lie WRT the total
>>>> *cost* of iPlayer was actually made by the woman on his right (whoever
>>>> she is ... I didn't catch the name). Thomson didn't deny her (false)
>>>> claim though.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ahh, sneaky, he got a prole to lie for him. Nasty b*gger. Considering
>>> that he's the DG of the BBC, and has been brought to talk about the
>>> Silverlight/iPlayer, it's truly incredible that he doesn't have the
>>> figures to hand, wouldn't you say? The guy should be looking for
>>> another role.
>>
>> I hear there are many vacancies for high roles at Microsoft. The top staff
>> has been quitting the company since the year began and I can't help
>> wondering if this has something to do with the seemingly-infinite OOXML
>> corruptions, the recent briberies, the stock buybacks, and the VP's illegal
>> inside-trading activity, not to mention closure of two branches worldwide
>> for alleged fraud and antitrust litigations in the EU.
>>
>> Oh, I went off topic there. Anyway, my point was that the DG might find
>> those vacancies at Microsoft interesting.
>>
>
> I suspect that there are a few folk at the BBC, National Archives,
> British Library and so on who would relish such a role.
'"Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognize the changing
technological environment, the law becomes an ass," Lynne Brindley, chief
executive of the British Library, told ZDNet UK.'
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6119043.html
'The British Library has created an updated version of its application
called "Turning the Pages" which allows people to browse parts of its 150
million piece collection via a web browser. We heard how this works better
using Vista.'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/30/vinci_notebooks_vista/
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