Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 April 2008 10:32 : \____
>
>> Ezekiel <a@xxxxx> espoused:
>>>
>>> "Homer" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:o81dd5-lio.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Good riddance:
>>>>
>>>> Huggers is being touted as a possible successor.
>>>>
>>>> Huggers can "get stuffed" too. Hopefully he and the rest of the Vole's
>>>> goons will be next.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you COLA nuts are so smart and these guys so clueless then why is it
>>> that these guys are the ones in a position of authority and running things.
>>> Why aren't you COLA know-it-all's calling the shots?
>>>
>>
>> Err, Ashley Highfield just lost his job.
>
> There was a 'cute' article in the... errr... MSBBC Web site about it. As you
> can imagine, it's all glorification, excuses, whatever...
>
Quite. They've never explained what happened to all the money, or why
it was possible to get the flash version up in a few weeks, or why
there's no Linux version, and no plans for a Linux version. The BBC has
*so much* to hide, here.
> For all it seems, Ashley's former division as whole came under fire from many
> directions and what broke the camel's back were some rude remarks he made
> about ISPs who complained. That's the impression I got anyway.
As the ISPs were the BBCs transport mechanism, unpaid, it seemed amazing
to me that he'd do such a thing. It was very Microsoft.
>
> Now he's on some project kangaroo or something. Hopping jobs, eh? :-)
>
Hehe...
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