____/ Tom Shelton on Wednesday 16 January 2008 07:40 : \____
> On 2008-01-16, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Tom Shelton on Tuesday 15 January 2008 23:52 : \____
>>>
>>>> On 2008-01-15, Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:35:06 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 15 January 2008 16:23 : \____
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I particularly liked the "More than £20 million" as the figure given
>>>>>>>> for the skin the BBC bought for Microsoft's Silverlight player.
>>>>>>>> Accepted estimates put the figure at around £100 million, which would
>>>>>>>> suggest that Mark Thompson's response should have been " £80 million
>>>>>>>> more than £20 million, in fact, coming to about £100 millions of
>>>>>>>> licence-fee cash spent on a skin for a Microsoft-only player".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Heads should roll for this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, how can a DG /not/ know what the numbers were?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's with ActiveX anyway? It's kind of new to me. I saw another
>>>>>>> article about this later and they both seem to suggest that the BBC not
>>>>>>> only requires that you use Windows, but also that you use that buggy
>>>>>>> spyware called IE (no Firefox support). In case you didn't know, IE7 is
>>>>>>> spyware indeed... Microsoft keeps hush-hush about it, but it knows who
>>>>>>> you are and exactly what Web pages you visit! People must be told about
>>>>>>> this. The BBC puts you in DRM prison and forces you to use Windows and
>>>>>>> IE. Outrageous. How many Firefox users are there in the UK?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Microsoft Silverlight/iPlayer wasn't ever intended to promote
>>>>>> Firefox, rather, it was intended to use BBC Licence-payer cash to
>>>>>> support Microsoft's attack on Firefox, Mac and Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have any actual proof for this silly claim?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Especially since his full of total crap... Silverlight is supported on
>>>> Windows and Mac OS X (PPC and Intel) and by IE6,IE7, FireFox 1.5 and 2.0,
>>>> and Safari. And MS is working with Novel to produce Moonlight - the Linux
>>>> version of Silverlight.
>>>
>>> We're talking about ActiveX (I was anyway).
>>>
>>
>> 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".
>>
>> Kier is here to troll, as is Shelton. They're best ignored, Roy.
>>
>
> You are a real peice of work, Mark. I pointed you to a link with the
> supported platforms and browsers, yet you continue to insist on making
> this completely wrong statement.
>
> Silverlight supported platfomrs: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, Mac OS
> (PPC and Intel). Linux support is in development.
No, no Silverlight for Linux. And Moonlight ain't Silverlight either. Not the
mention patent and ditribution issues...
> Broswers: IE6, IE7, FireFox (1.5 and 2.0), Safari
Did you know that Silverlight is said to "work better" with Vista? I'm pretty
sure I read this somewhere that's reliable. It's about making everyone but
Microsoft a second-class citizen _on the Web_. Not to worry. The EU
investigates this latest scam.
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