____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 30 January 2008 07:42 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 29 January 2008 22:15 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>> ____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 29 January 2008 13:27 : \____
>>>
>>>>> I never did get a response to my complaint about them
>>>>> misrepresenting the Asus Eee PC as an "XP machine", BTW.
>>>>
>>>> Can you find the link?
>>>
>>> Message-ID: <s7e465-pr6.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: [News] MSBBC Covers UMPCs But Neglects to Mention Top Dog
>>> Linux
>>>
>>> The article in question:
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7178278.stm
>>>
>>> Here the Asus Eee PC is described only as "a lightweight machine, which
>>> can run Windows XP", with no mention of Linux whatsoever, despite the
>>> fact that Linux is the default OS shipped with the unit.
>>>
>>>> By the way, do we still have that list of 8-9 lies from the BBC. With
>>>> the Flash thingie (no DRM), I think there are 10 and we should
>>>> publish those lies more widely.
>>>
>>> Actually is was Mark's list of 8 points of accountability, rather than
>>> specifically a list of the MSBBC's lies:
>>>
>>> Message-ID: <pmf465-jki.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: [News] Linux Fury at MSBBC Claimed to be Justified
>>>
>>> .----
>>> | 1. Paying £120 million for Silverlight/iPlayer with < 400,000 users
>>> | was not a criminal waste of taxpayer money.
>>> |
>>> | and:
>>> |
>>> | 2. The BBC's DG should provide a watertight reason for not knowing
>>> | the costs of the Silverlight/iPlayer other than "more than £20
>>> | millions" when answering questions in parliament.
>>> |
>>> | 3. The BBC's ex-Microsoft staff should demonstrate why there was
>>> | never a tender for the vast sums of money being spent - this is a
>>> | requiremnet by EU law, and even if the figure is closer to £20
>>> | million than £100 million, the law has clearly been broken.
>>> |
>>> | 4. The BBC should explain why it refused to comply with the
>>> | requests from the OSC's representatives for multi-platform players
>>> | *unless* the EU forced it to.
>>> |
>>> | 5. The BBC should explain why the adobe-flash version of iPlayer
>>> | was developed and deployed in a few weeks, at negligible cost, and
>>> | has already got a much greater user-base.
>>> |
>>> | 6. The BBC should explain why it was launching a P2P system with no
>>> | means for customers to control the actions of their PCs, possibly
>>> | resulting in ISPs needing to take significant action.
>>> |
>>> | 7. The BBC should explain why its news department had *no coverage
>>> | at all* of the protests regarding its Silverlight/iPlayer.
>>> |
>>> | 8. The BBC should explain how it will seek recovery of the money
>>> | spent with Microsoft.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> Then in Message-ID: <6r6665-g3c.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> .----
>>> | 9. The BBC should explain why it is now claimed that the flash
>>> | version of iPlayer was not initially part of the plan, and yet MPs
>>> | were told otherwise by the DG.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> I'd add:
>>>
>>> 10. The BBC should explain why their content providers "intractable"
>>> demands for DRM "protection" mysteriously no longer apply, now that
>>> they're using Flash streaming. For that matter, they should explain why
>>> such "protection" should have been deemed mandatory anyway, when that
>>> same content is already broadcast en clair.
>>
>> Thanks. I'll publish this elsewhere too. The BBC took note and posted some
>> comments before.
>>
>
> It's a good list, although it could probably use a little editing. The
> words "Ex-Microsoft" don't really add anything, and I think I changed my
> mind whilst I was writing that sentence, and forgot to remove that bit.
> Also the bit "clearly broke the law" should be changed to "apparently"
> or some such, as this is an allegation which has not been legally
> tested.
Oops. Well, I was in too much of a hurry when posting this. Either way, it was
blunt the way it was. You have to be tough, I guess, especially when someone
is screwing you. It's different if you reach out for others and need
credibility..
--
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