Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 11 November 2008 10:13 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Highfield joins Microsoft after just four months at Project Kangaroo
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| As director of future media and technology, Highfield cut a controversial
>>>| figure at the BBC. Reg sources blamed him for the culture of commitees and
>>>| waste that saw iPlayer development take several years and run millions
>>>| over-budget. In the last months of his reign a new management team was
>>>| brought in to rapidly develop a streaming version that has proved much more
>>>| successful than the unwieldy P2P client he oversaw.
>>>|
>>>| Open source advocates also accused him of being too close to Microsoft...
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/10/highfield_quits_kangaroo/
>>
>>
>> Wow, there's a surprise. I wonder whether he went, Economy, Business or
>> First Class at my expense?
>
> It's a one-way trip. He got a job there... maybe a 'reward' for the damage he
> did in the MSBBC (formerly BBC).
>
Ah, indeed, so the concerns about corruption were 100% well-founded,
then. He was a Microsoft mole, spending my licence-fee cash. I wonder
if it's possible to hold someone responsible for this?
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