Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 19 May 2007 18:53 \__
>
>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> Markshuttleworth , Ubuntu in BBC Click tech program
>>>>
>>>> ...Linux in the mainstream...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk92zMa84aU
>>>
>>> It's a good job the Beeb repeats these shows on their Website, 'cos I
>>> can't get BBC World in the UK (need dish pointed at Hotbird apparently).
>>
>> Click-online is also shown on News 24, I believe, which is available on
>> terrestrial digital, if you can get the mux where you are.
>>
>>>
>>> That Freedom Toaster is a fantastic idea. They should have them
>>> installed in every shopping centre, airport terminal, and bus/train
>>> station in the world, next to the ATMs and PhotoMats.
>>>
>>
>> A long-ish time ago, I sent an email to the BBC that their BBC World
>> site was a bit Linux unfriendly, as it was quite hard work to get the
>> URL of their Windows Media file in order to play it on linux machines.
>> Their response? They actually made it harder...
>
> They did, after all, enter a partnership with Microsoft. Priorities collide.
>
True, although this particular event was well before the Microsoft/BBC
deal. I wonder if Ashley Highfield has got a clue, yet?
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