Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> BBC website �36m 'overspend'
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| THE BBC went almost �36 million over the intended budget for bbc.co.uk in the
>| past year, it was disclosed today.
> `----
>
> http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/technology/s/1051855_bbc_website_36m_overspend?rss=yes?rss=yes
>
> How much did the MSBBC let Microsoft steal while creating total vendor/platform
> lock-in (answer below, along with a lie)?
>
Well, Ashley Highfield lost his job over it, which is a salient warning
to any others who wish to indulge in such corruption.
>
> Recent:
>
> BBC iPlayer protest report
>
> ,----[ Quote
>| First on site with me is Tom Chance, Green Party spokesperson on Free
>| Software. He has organized for Dr Derek Wall, lead spokesperson for the Green
>| Party to join us and make some statements about BBC iPlayer and the Microsoft
>| lock-in it establishes. �
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| We have 1500 fliers to distribute, that focus on the key issue with the
>| iPlayer, and why $130 Million and 4 years of development don't get you much
>| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>| when you choose Microsoft DRM. �
> `----
>
> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/iPlayerProtestReport
>
>
> BBC Director General grilled by MPs on iPlayer
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| During the meeting there is discussion of iPlayer?s total cost to the licence
>| fee-payer - the BBC representatives are unable to give a figure, but start
>| the bidding at �20m, excluding staff costs. Thomson gives incorrect
>| information - that Mac and Linux versions of iPlayer have the same
>| functionality as Windows versions - and has to change his evidence at the
>| end. Perhaps it was this confusion that prompted Dr John Pugh MP to follow up
>| the encounter with a letter direct to Mark Thomson today discussing platform
>| neutrality in greater detail. A copy of this letter has been passed to the
>| Open Rights Group. � � � �
> `----
>
> http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/01/10/bbc-director-general-grilled-by-mps-on-iplayer/
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