____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 15 January 2008 23:12 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on Monday 14 January 2008 05:17 : \____
>>
>>> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>>> "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>>> The BBC Director General, Mark Thomson, is interrogated by the House of
>>>>> Commons Public Accounts Committee, over why the BBC wasted 20 million
>>>>> UKP on the iPlayer.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1XIwSB27A (8 minutes)
>>>>>
>>>>> Partial transcript:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. Pugh : So at what stage will we be able to fully *download* and
>>>>> stream to a Mac or a Linux computer?
>>>
>>>> "download and stream"?
>>>
>>> Yes, download AND stream.
>>
>> Mind you, I'm 90% certain that the BBC even considered .NET for streaming
>> (Silverlight), based on the Register and the Observer (or was it another
>> publication?).
>>
>
> I'm sure they did...
I can only imagine (and did at the time) they they steered away from it because
their job was already at risk.
>>>>> Thomson : You can do that now
>>>>> Dr. Pugh : Both of them?
>>>>> Thomson : Yeah
>>>>>
>>>>> *LIE!*
>>>
>>>> You can stream now.
>>>
>>> So what?
>>
>> Will people have the money spent on iPlayer back? Why does Windows get a
>> 'fast lane' with high-quality video?
>>
>
> No, that money, that licence-fee cash, is now in a Microsoft bank
> account, and will never come back. This was a culpable waste of public
> funds, and those responsible should be looking for alternative
> employment. This was not a few quid, it was £100 millions.
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