[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
> [...]
>> | four fundamental principles: act in an transparent way, favor
>> | strong competition, favor local economic development, get the best
>> | overall cost.
>> `----
> [...]
>> Watch out, MSBBC. :-)
>
> For a supposedly publicly accountable organisation, it doesn't actually
> do much public accounting. That the government allowed the Beeb's
> technology solutions to be corrupted by Microsoft is bad enough, but for
> them to allow the Beeb to be /annexed/ by Microsoft, with several key
> ex-Microsoft staff, defies belief.
It also defies the law. There are very strict rules regarding ITTs in
the EU, which the BBC is required to observe. The iPlayer should have
gone out to tender, clearly it did not, so the law was broken, as far as
I can see.
The EU really should look into this, particularly if HMG and the BBC
Governors are not going to.
>
>> Why Linux Users Should Be Furious At BBC
>
> Not any more ;)
>
> Well they may be corrupted, but they're also terminally stupid and
> incompetent enough to allow us "elite hackers" (a.k.a. anyone with the
> "skill" to follow a URL) to download their iPhone "exclusive" content
> ... for now.
yeah... it's not very impressive, is it?
>
> They've still failed to explain their rationale for providing DRM-free
> content, in total contradiction to their content providers intractable
> demands. They've also failed to explain why accessing this content on
> anything other than an iPhone apparently brands such people as "hackers"
> (i.e. criminals). It's DRM-free anyway, so what difference does it make?
> Just provide the DRM-free service for /all/, dump that Windows Media DRM
> junk and low-quality Flash rubbish, and be done with it.
>
If they did that, they'd have to explain what happened to all that £130
million of licence-fee cash.
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